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σώφρων
σώφρων σώ-φρων, Epic σᾰό-φρων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ, σῶς, φρήν of sound mind, Lat. sanae mentis:— hence sensible, discreet, wise, Hom., Hdt., Xen. of things, σώφρονα εἰπεῖν Eur.; ἄλλο τι σωφρονέστερον γιγνώσκειν Thuc.:— σῶφρόν ἐστι, c. inf., Thuc. having control over the sensual desires, temperate, self-controlled, moderate, chaste, sober, Trag., Plat., etc.:—so, σ. γνώμη Aesch.; σ. ἀριστοκρατία Thuc. τὸ σῶφρον σωφροσύνη, Eur., Thuc., etc. adv. -όνως, Hdt.—comp. σωφρονέστερον, Thuc.; so, ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον Hdt.:—but -εστέρως, Eur.:—Sup. -έστατα, Isocr.

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of sound mind

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σώφρων σώ-φρων, Epic σᾰό-φρων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ, σῶς, φρήν of sound mind, Lat. sanae mentis:— hence sensible, discreet, wise, Hom., Hdt., Xen. of things, σώφρονα εἰπεῖν Eur.; ἄλλο τι σωφρονέστερον γιγνώσκειν Thuc.:— σῶφρόν ἐστι, c. inf., Thuc. having control over the sensual desires, temperate, self-controlled, moderate, chaste, sober, Trag., Plat., etc.:—so, σ. γνώμη Aesch.; σ. ἀριστοκρατία Thuc. τὸ σῶφρον σωφροσύνη, Eur., Thuc., etc. adv. -όνως, Hdt.—comp. σωφρονέστερον, Thuc.; so, ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον Hdt.:—but -εστέρως, Eur.:—Sup. -έστατα, Isocr.
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32015
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n32051
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