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κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education

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Transliteration A: émphrōn Transliteration B: emphrōn Transliteration C: emfron Beta Code: e)/mfrwn

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ον, gen. ονος, (φρήν)

   A in one's mind or senses, sensible: opp.,    1 to one mad, σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα<*> brings thee to thy senses, A.Pr.848; ἔ. εἰμί Id.Ch.1026; ἔ. καθίσταμαι I come to myself, S.Aj.306; ποιητὴς . . οὐκ ἔ. ἐστίν Pl.Lg.719c; ἀντὶ μανικῶν . . ἑξεις ἔμφρονας ἔχειν ib.791b.    2 to one dead, ἔτ' ἔ. S.Ant.1237, cf. Antipho 2.3.2; ἔ. γίγνεσθαι to recover from a swoon or lethargy, Hp.Coac.136.    3 to one asleep, S.E.M.7.129.    II rational, intelligent, ζῷα ἔ., opp. εἴδωλα ἄφρ., X.Mem.1.4.4; also ζωή, βίος ἔ., Pl.R.521a, Ti.36e; ἡ πρεσβυτῶν ἔ. παιδιά Id.Lg.769a; τέχνη -εστέρα Arist.Rh.1359b6; ὅταν ἐς ἥβην ἐξικώμεθ' ἔμφρονες when we come to years of discretion, prob. in S.Fr.583.6.    2 sensible, prudent, Thgn.1126, Pi.O.9.74, S.OT436; ἔ. σωφροσύνη Th.1.84; ἔ. περί τι wise about or in a thing, Pl.Lg.809d; τῶν δημιουργῶν ἢ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἐ. ἀνδρῶν experts, Id.Hipparch.226c. Adv. -όνως sensibly, wisely, Id.R.396d, al., Antiph.104: Comp. -έστερον Phalar.Ep.67.3: Sup. -έστατα Plu.Ant.14.