Perseus · Tufts
Perseus Home Page
Collections: Classics · Papyri · Renaissance · London · California · Upper Midwest · Chesapeake · Boyle · Tufts History
Configure display · Help · Tools · Copyright · FAQ · Publications · Collaborations · Support Perseus

Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
Perseus is changing! Please visit Perseus 4.0 for the latest version.
New Search
e-mail us | copyright statement.
or See an expanded entry. If you would not be reading Greek without access to these on-line texts and lexicon, please tell us about it. This page was made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation.
Previous: sôphronistus sôphrosunêNext: sôphrosunos
CorpusWordsMax. Inst.Freq./10KMin. Inst.Freq./10K
Greek Texts48440284030.8300
Click on a number in the Max. Inst. column to search for this word in that group of texts.Click on a number in the Freq./10K column for a more detailed frequency table.

Words With Similar Definitions
Greek1: sôphrôn 2: sôphroneô 3: autosôphrosunê 4: euboulia 5: hugiainô
Latin1: sobrietas 2: temperantia 3: sanitas 4: continentia 5: moderatio
Click here to see more Greek and Latin results.Click on a word to see its definitionClick here for help with this tool.

Words That Regularly Appear With sôphrosunê
In Perseus Texts:dikaiosunêandreiosaretêandreiaepistêmê
Click on corpus name for more co-occuring words and search links.Click on a word to see its definitionClick here for help with this tool.

sôphrosunê [u^], Dor. -una, Ep. and poet. sa^ophrosunê (as in Hom. and in later poetry, IG22.3632.11, au=IG 22.3632.3753=lr), hê, soundness of mind, prudence, discretion, Hom. Od. 23.13; in pl., IBID=au=Hom. Od. 23.30=lr; the common form first in Thgn.379, au=Thgn. 701, au=Thgn. 1138, Epich.101; aidôs sôphrosunês pleiston metechei Thuc. 1.84; s. labein IDEM=Thuc. 8.64; sanity, opp. mania, Xen. Mem. 1.1.16, cf. Act.Ap.26.25.

2. moderation in sensual desires, selfcontrol, temperance, Democr.210, Aristoph. Cl. 962 (anap.), ti=Aristoph. Pl. 563 (anap.), Andoc. 1.131, Plat. Phaedrus 237e, etc.; s. to kratein hêdonôn kai epithumiôn IDEM=Plat. Sym. 196c; s. to peri tas gunaikas (sc. ergon) Aristot. Pol. 1263b9, cf. ti=Aristot. Nic. Eth. 1117b23, Plat. Phaedo 68c, ti=Plat. Rep. 430e sq., 1 Ep.Ti.2.9.

3. in a political sense, a moderate form of government, Thuc. 8.64.