σωφρονισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σωφρονῐ́ζω (sōphronĭ́zō, “to chasten”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.pʰro.niz.mós/ → /so.ɸro.nizˈmos/ → /so.fro.nizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.pʰro.niz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.pʰro.nizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.ɸro.nizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.fro.nizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.fro.nizˈmos/

Noun

σωφρονῐσμός • (sōphronĭsmós) m (genitive σωφρονῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. teaching of morality or moderation

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σωφρονῐσμός; τοῦ σωφρονῐσμοῦ (Attic)

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 tôi sōphronĭsmôi	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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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