sober

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

as opposed to drunk: P. and V. νήφων (Plato).

abstaining from wine: P. and V. ἄοινος (Plato).

be sober, v.: P. and V. νήφειν.

temperate: P. and V. σώφρων.

calm: P. and V. ἥσυχος, ἡσυχαῖος.

orderly: Ar. and P. εὔτακτος.

in sober earnest, truly: P. and V. ἀληθῶς.

be in sober earnest, v.: P. and V. σπουδάζειν.

verb transitive

P. and V. σωφρονίζειν; chasten.

be sobered: P. and V. σωφρονεῖν.