σώφρων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σαόφρων (saóphrōn) (Epic, Poetic)
Etymology
From σῶς (sôs, “safe”) + -φρων (-phrōn, “mind”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɔ̌ː.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈso.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈso.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈso.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈso.fron/
Adjective
σώφρων • (sṓphrōn) m or f (neuter σῶφρον); third declension
- Of sound mind: sane
- moderate, prudent, sensible, reasonable
- self-controlled, temperate, chaste, sober
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | σώφρων sṓphrōn |
σῶφρον sôphron |
σώφρονε sṓphrone |
σώφρονε sṓphrone |
σώφρονες sṓphrones |
σώφρονᾰ sṓphronă | ||||||||
| Genitive | σώφρονος sṓphronos |
σώφρονος sṓphronos |
σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin |
σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin |
σωφρόνων sōphrónōn |
σωφρόνων sōphrónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | σώφρονῐ sṓphronĭ |
σώφρονῐ sṓphronĭ |
σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin |
σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin |
σώφροσῐ / σώφροσῐν sṓphrosĭ(n) |
σώφροσῐ / σώφροσῐν sṓphrosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | σώφρονᾰ sṓphronă |
σῶφρον sôphron |
σώφρονε sṓphrone |
σώφρονε sṓphrone |
σώφρονᾰς sṓphronăs |
σώφρονᾰ sṓphronă | ||||||||
| Vocative | σῶφρον sôphron |
σῶφρον sôphron |
σώφρονε sṓphrone |
σώφρονε sṓphrone |
σώφρονες sṓphrones |
σώφρονᾰ sṓphronă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σωφρόνως sōphrónōs |
σωφρονέστερος sōphronésteros |
σωφρονέστᾰτος sōphronéstătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- σωφρονέω (sōphronéō)
- σωφρονῐσμός (sōphronĭsmós)
- σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē)
Related terms
- σωφρόνως (sōphrónōs)
References
- “σώφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σώφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4998 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abstemious idem, page 4.
- abstinent idem, page 4.
- ascetic idem, page 43.
- balanced idem, page 60.
- careful idem, page 114.
- cautious idem, page 119.
- chaste idem, page 127.
- circumspect idem, page 132.
- continent idem, page 168.
- deliberate idem, page 207.
- discreet idem, page 231.
- discriminating idem, page 231.
- dispassionate idem, page 236.
- frugal idem, page 347.
- judicious idem, page 465.
- moderate idem, page 537.
- modest idem, page 538.
- politic idem, page 625.
- prudent idem, page 655.
- sagacious idem, page 731.
- sensible idem, page 753.
- sober idem, page 790.
- temperate idem, page 860.
- thoughtful idem, page 868.
- thrifty idem, page 870.
- wise idem, page 982.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σώφρων (sṓphrōn)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈso.fɾon/
- Hyphenation: σώ‧φρων
Adjective
σώφρων • (sófron) m (feminine σώφρων, neuter σώφρον)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | σώφρων (sófron) | σώφρων (sófron) | σώφρον (sófron) | σώφρονες (sófrones) | σώφρονες (sófrones) | σώφρονα (sófrona) | |
| genitive | σώφρονος (sófronos) | σώφρονος (sófronos) | σώφρονος (sófronos) | σωφρόνων (sofrónon) | σωφρόνων (sofrónon) | σωφρόνων (sofrónon) | |
| accusative | σώφρονα (sófrona) | σώφρονα (sófrona) | σώφρον (sófron) | σώφρονες (sófrones) | σώφρονες (sófrones) | σώφρονα (sófrona) | |
| vocative | σώφρων (sófron) σώφρονα (sófrona) |
σώφρων (sófron) | σώφρον (sófron) | σώφρονες (sófrones) | σώφρονες (sófrones) | σώφρονα (sófrona) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο σώφρων, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο σώφρων, etc.)
References
- ^ σώφρων, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language