σώφρων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σαόφρων (saóphrōn) (Epic, Poetic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̌ː.pʰrɔːn/ → /ˈso.ɸron/ → /ˈso.fron/

• (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

1. Of sound mind: sane
2. moderate, prudent, sensible, reasonable
3. 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
		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^[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)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.fɾon/
• Hyphenation: σώ‧φρων

Adjective

σώφρων • (sófron) m (feminine σώφρων, neuter σώφρον)

1. sane

Declension

Declension of σώφρων

	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.)