φρόνημα

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ατος, τό,

   A mind, spirit, ἔστ' ἂν Διὸς φ. λωφήσῃ χόλου A.Pr.378; Αἰσχύλου φ. ἔχων Telecl.14; with limiting epithets, φ. δύσθεον A.Ch.191; ὑπέρτολμον ib.595(lyr.); ὠμόν Id.Th.537; ἐλεύθερον Pl.Lg.865d; τυραννικόν Id.R.573b, X. Lac.15.8: pl., Hdt.9.54.    2 thought, purpose, will, φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν φ. S.Ant.354 (lyr.); ψυχὴ καὶ φ. καὶ γνώμη ib.176, cf. 207; τὸ φ. τῆς σαρκός, τοῦ πνεύματος, Ep.Rom.8.6: freq. in pl., καρτεροῖς φρονήμασι with stubborn thoughts, A.Pr.209; ματαίων . . φρονημάτων ἡ γλῶσσ' ἀληθὴς γίγνεται κατήγορος Id.Th.438; ἐμπέδοις φ. S.Ant.169; τὰ σκλήρ' ἄγαν φ. ib.473; τὰ φ. ἀληθινὰ καὶ πάντῃ μεγάλα ἐκέκτηντο Pl.Criti.120e.    II either in good or bad sense,    1 high spirit, resolution, pride, τὸ Ἀθηναίων φ. Hdt.8.144, cf. 9.7.β; ἀνδρί γε φ. ἔχοντι to a man of spirit, Th.2.43; φ. τε καὶ πίστις Arist. Pol.1313b2; φ. ἔχων ἐλεύθερον ib.1314a3; courage, opp. δειλία, Jul. Or.2.59c (pl.); δουλοῖ τὸ φ. τὸ αἰφνίδιον Th.2.61: c. fut. inf., ἐν φρονήματι ὄντες τῆς Πελοποννήσου ἡγήσεσθαι aspiring to be leaders of the P., Id.5.40: freq. in pl., high thoughts, proud designs, διασείσειν τὰ Ἀθηναίων φ. Hdt.6.109, cf. 3.122,125, 9.54; οὐ . . ξυμφέρει τοῖς ἄρχουσι φ. μεγάλα ἐγγίγνεσθαι τῶν ἀρχομένων Pl.Smp.182c, cf. 190b, Isoc. 6.89; Ζεύς τοι κολαστὴς τῶν ὑπερκόμπων ἄγαν φ. A.Pers.828; τῶν φ. ὁ Ζεὺς κολαστὴς τῶν ἄγαν ὑπερφρόνων E.Heracl.387.    2 in bad sense, presumption, arrogance, φρονήματος πλέως ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν A.Pr. 953, cf. E.Heracl.926 (lyr.), Ar.V.1024 (anap.), Pax25, Pl.Plt.290d, etc.; τὸ τῶν Ἀτρειδῶν φ. Phld.Rh.2.217 S., etc.: pl., παυσάμενοι τῶν φ. Isoc.14.37; φ. τυραννικά Plu.Eum.13.    III pl., = φρένες, heart, breast, ἰὸς ἐκ φρονημάτων . . πεσών A.Eu.478.