σώφρων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σαόφρων (saóphrōn) (Epic, Poetic)

Etymology

From σῶς (sôs, “safe”) +‎ -φρων (-phrōn, “mind”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔ̌ː.pʰrɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pʰron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ɸron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈso.fron/
(15^th 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

Third declension of σώφρων; σῶφρον (Attic)

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 sṓphrona
Genitive	σώφρονος sṓphronos	σώφρονος sṓphronos	σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin	σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin	σωφρόνων sōphrónōn	σωφρόνων sōphrónōn
Dative	σώφρονῐ sṓphroni	σώφρονῐ sṓphroni	σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin	σωφρόνοιν sōphrónoin	σώφροσῐ / σώφροσῐν sṓphrosi(n)	σώφροσῐ / σώφροσῐν sṓphrosi(n)
Accusative	σώφρονᾰ sṓphrona	σῶφρον sôphron	σώφρονε sṓphrone	σώφρονε sṓphrone	σώφρονᾰς sṓphronas	σώφρονᾰ sṓphrona
Vocative	σῶφρον sôphron	σῶφρον sôphron	σώφρονε sṓphrone	σώφρονε sṓphrone	σώφρονες sṓphrones	σώφρονᾰ sṓphrona
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	σωφρόνως sōphrónōs		σωφρονέστερος sōphronésteros		σωφρονέστᾰτος sōphronéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

σωφρονέω (sōphronéō)
σωφρονῐσμός (sōphronismós)
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, 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)

sane

Declension

Declension of σώφρων

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	σώφρων •	σώφρων •	σώφρον •	σώφρονες •	σώφρονες •	σώφρονα •
genitive	σώφρονος •	σώφρονος •	σώφρονος •	σωφρόνων •	σωφρόνων •	σωφρόνων •
accusative	σώφρονα •	σώφρονα •	σώφρον •	σώφρονες •	σώφρονες •	σώφρονα •
vocative	σώφρων • / σώφρονα •	σώφρων •	σώφρον •	σώφρονες •	σώφρονες •	σώφρονα •
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 , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[1] σώφρων, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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σώφρων

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

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Derived terms

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