σωφρονέω: Difference between revisions

|txtha=σωφρόνω; 1st aorist [[imperative]] σωφρονήσατε; ([[σώφρων]], [[which]] [[see]]); from Tragg., [[Xenophon]], [[Plato]] [[down]]; to be of [[sound]] [[mind]], i. e.<br /><b class="num">a.</b> to be in [[one]]'s [[right]] [[mind]]: of [[one]] [[who]] has ceased δαιμονίζεσθαι, ἐκστηναι, σωφρονων and μανεις are contrasted in [[Plato]], de rep. i., p. 331c.; σωφρονουσαι and μανεισαι, Phaedr., p. 244b.; ὁ μεμηνως ... ἐσωφρονησε, Apollod. 3,5, 1,6).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> to [[exercise]] [[self-control]]; i. e. α. to [[put]] a [[moderate]] [[estimate]] [[upon]] [[oneself]], [[think]] of [[oneself]] [[soberly]]: opposed to ὑπερφρονεῖν, β. to [[curb]] [[one]]'s passions, [[νήφω]] (as in Lucian, Nigrin. 6) (R. V. be of [[sound]] [[mind]] and be [[sober]]), 1 Peter 4:7.