σωφρονισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σωφρονῐ́ζω (sōphronĭ́zō, “to chasten”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔː.pʰro.niz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /so.pʰro.nizˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /so.ɸro.nizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /so.fro.nizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /so.fro.nizˈmos/
Noun
σωφρονῐσμός • (sōphronĭsmós) m (genitive σωφρονῐσμοῦ); second declension
- teaching of morality or moderation
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σωφρονῐσμός ho sōphronĭsmós |
τὼ σωφρονῐσμώ tṑ sōphronĭsmṓ |
οἱ σωφρονῐσμοί hoi sōphronĭsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σωφρονῐσμοῦ toû sōphronĭsmoû |
τοῖν σωφρονῐσμοῖν toîn sōphronĭsmoîn |
τῶν σωφρονῐσμῶν tôn sōphronĭsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σωφρονῐσμῷ tōî sōphronĭsmōî |
τοῖν σωφρονῐσμοῖν toîn sōphronĭsmoîn |
τοῖς σωφρονῐσμοῖς toîs sōphronĭsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σωφρονῐσμόν tòn sōphronĭsmón |
τὼ σωφρονῐσμώ tṑ sōphronĭsmṓ |
τοὺς σωφρονῐσμούς toùs sōphronĭsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σωφρονῐσμέ sōphronĭsmé |
σωφρονῐσμώ sōphronĭsmṓ |
σωφρονῐσμοί sōphronĭsmoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σωφρονισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σωφρονισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette