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|Definition=Ep. subj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> φρονέῃσι Od.7.75: Ep. impf. φρόνεον Il.17.286, φρονέεσκον A.R.4.1164: fut. φρονήσω Ar.''Ec.''630 (anap.), etc.: aor. ἐφρόνησα Hdt.1.60, A.''Eu.''115, etc.: pf. πεφρόνηκα Emp.103.1, Isoc.5.124, D.S.18.66:—Pass., Arist.''Xen.''980a9; imper. [[φρονείσθω]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[φρονεῖτε]] in ''Ep.Phil.''2.5:—to [[be minded]], either of [[reflection]] or of [[purpose]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[have understanding]], [[be wise]], [[be prudent]], rare in Hom., <b class="b3">ἄριστοι . . μάχεσθαί τε φρονέειν τε</b> [[best]] both in [[battle]] and [[counsel]], Il. 6.79: but freq. in Trag. and Att., [Ζῆνα] τὸν φρονεῖν βροτοὺς ὁδώσαντα A.''Ag.''176 (lyr.); φρονούντως πρὸς φρονοῦντας ἐννέπεις Id.''Supp.'' 204, cf. 176; φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς S.''OT''617; φρονεῖν οἶδεν μόνη Id.''Tr.''313; <b class="b3">λίαν φρονεῖν</b> to [[be over-wise]], E.''IA''924; φ. πλέον Pl.''Hp.Mi.''371a; τὸ φρονεῖν [[understanding]], [[prudence]], S.''Ant.''1347 (anap.), 1353 (anap.); κράτιστοι φρονεῖν Antipho 2.1.1; καὶ φ. καὶ συμπράττειν X.''Cyr.''5.5.44; εἰδέναι καὶ φ. Pl.''Alc.''1.133c; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ νοεῖν Id.''Phlb.''11b; λέγειν τε καὶ φ. Id.''Phdr.''266b, cf. Isoc.4.50; τῷ φρονεῖν τε καὶ σωφρονεῖν Pl.''Lg.''712a; <b class="b3">τὸ μὴ φρονοῦν</b>, of an infant, A.''Ch.''753; ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἤρχετο φ. Is.9.20; ἡ φρονοῦσα ἡλικία Aeschin.1.139: Com. of fish, ἰχθῦς φρονοῦντας [[full-grown]], Ephipp.21.3; ζῷον λογικὸν καὶ φρονοῦν Phld.''Piet.''15: c. acc., <b class="b3">φρονῆσαι τὰ κυριώτατα</b> to [[be wise]] in respect of the most important matters, Id.''Rh.''2.35S.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with Advbs., <b class="b3">εὖ φρονεῖν</b> [[think]] [[rightly]], περί τινος Hdt.2.16; to [[be sane]] (cf. infr. IV), E.''Ba.''851, Ar.''Nu.''817, Lys.19.41, etc.; κέρδιστον εὖ φρονοῦντα μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν A.''Pr.''387; οἱ φρονοῦντες εὖ κρατοῦσι πανταχοῦ S.''Aj.''1252, cf. ''El.''394, E.''Or.''99, al. (but <b class="b3">εὖ φρονεῖν</b>, also, to [[be well disposed]], v. infr. 11.2); [[κακῶς]] φρονεῖν, [[καλῶς]] φρονεῖν, Od.18.168, S.''OT''600, ''Ant.''557; ὀρθῶς φρονέω And.2.23; [[ὀρθῶς]] φρονεῖν πρός τι A.''Pr.'' 1000; <b class="b3">μῶρα φρονεῖν, πλάγια φρονεῖν</b>, S.''Aj.''594, E.''IA''332 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[think]], Heraclit.113, Parm.16.3, Emp.108.2, cf. Arist.de.An.427a19; <b class="b3">ὡς... ὅτι</b>... S.''Ant.''49, ''OC''872; φρόνει νιν ὡς ἥξοντα Id.''Tr.''289; [[mean]], ἄλλα φρονεῖν καὶ ἄλλα [[λέγειν]] Hdt. 9.54; ἕτερα μὲν λέγων, ἕτερα δὲ φρονῶν Din.1.47; ὁ μὴ λέγων ἃ φρονεῖ D.18.282, cf.19.224.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[feel by experience]], [[know full well]], σοὶ μὲν δοκεῖν ταῦτ' ἔστ', ἐμοὶ δ' ἄγαν φρονεῖν S.''Aj.''942, cf. ''OC''1741 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πειρώμενος ὅ τι φρονέοιεν [τὰ μαντήϊα</b>] to [[test]] the [[knowledge]] of the [[oracle]]s, Hdt.1.46.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be fain]] that... c. acc. et inf., Il.3.98: c. inf., to [[be minded]] to do, 9.608, 17.286; without inf., <b class="b3">οἱ δ' ἰθὺς φρόνεον [ἰέναι</b>] [[were minded to go]] right on ward, 13.135, cf. 12.124; <b class="b3">ᾗπερ δὴ φρονέω [τελέσαι</b>] 9.310; φρονῶν ἔπρασσον [[of set purpose]], S.''OC''271: in Prose, [[mean]], [[intend]], <b class="b3">τοῦτο φρονεῖ ἡμῶν ἡ . . ἀγωγή</b> this is what your [[bring]]ing us here [[mean]]s, Th.5.85.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with neut. Adj.,<br><span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b3">φ. τινί τινα</b> to have [[certain]] [[thought]]s [[for]] or [[towards]] any one, to [[be]] so and so [[mind]]ed [[towards]] him, <b class="b3">πατρὶ φίλα φρονέων</b> kindly [[minded towards]] him, Il.4.219, cf. Od.6.313, etc.; κακὰ φρονέουσι . . ἀλλήλοισιν Il.22.264; τῷ ὀλοὰ φρονέων 16.701; μαλακὰ φ. ἐσλοῖς Pi.''N.''4.95; πιστά τινι Id.''O.''3.17; φρονοῦντας ἄριστα αὐτοῖς Ar.''Pl.''577 (anap.): with Advbs., <b class="b3">εὖ φρονεῖν τισι</b> (cf. supr. 1.2) Od.7.74, cf. A.''Ag.''1436, etc.; <b class="b3">φρονεῖς εὖ τοῖς ἠγγελμένοις</b> you [[rejoice at]] them, Id.''Ch.''774; also εἰς ὑμᾶς εὖ φ. And.2.4; τισὶ καλῶς φ. ''SIG''527.38 (Crete, iii B. C.); τοιαῦτα περί τινος φ. Isoc.3.60: to [[be minded]] so and so, [[think]] or [[purpose]] such and such things, ἀγαθὰ φ. Il.6.162, Od.1.43; <b class="b3">φίλα φ</b>. ib.307; κακά 17.596; τὰ φρονέεις ἅ τ' ἐγώ περ Il.4.361; [[κρυπτάδια φρονεῖν]] to [[have secret purposes]], 1.542; <b class="b3">ἀταλὰ φρονεῖν</b> to [[be]] [[gaily]] [[disposed]], 18.567, Hes.''Th.''989; <b class="b3">πυκινὰ φρονεῖν</b> [[have]] [[wise]] [[thought]]s, [[be]] [[cunningly]] [[minded]], Od.9.445; <b class="b3">ἐφημέρια φρονεῖν</b> [[think]] only of the [[passing]] [[day]], 21.85; θεοῖσιν ἶσα φρονεῖν Il.5.441; θνητὰ φρονεῖν S.''Fr.''590 (anap.), E.''Alc.''799; ἀθάνατα Pl.''Ti.''90c; οὐ κατ' ἄνθρωπον φρονεῖν A.''Th.''425, S.''Aj.''777; ἐπὶ ταῖς εὐτυχίαις ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον φ. X.''Cyr.''8.7.3; μηδὲν ὑπὲρ τὴν πήραν φ. Luc. ''Tim.''57: also καίρια φρονεῖν S.''El.''228 (lyr.); σώφρονα Id.''Fr.''64; οὐ τὰ ἄριστα φρονεῖν Th.2.22; ἡ [[πόλις]] [[χεῖρον]] φρονεῖν Isoc.8.126; <b class="b3">τυραννικὰ φρονεῖν</b> to [[have]] [[tyranny]] in [[mind]], Ar.''V.''507 (troch.); <b class="b3">ἀρχαιϊκὰ φρονεῖν</b> to [[have]] [[old-fashioned]] [[notion]]s, Id.''Nu.''821; <b class="b3">τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ φρονεῖν, τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς φρονεῖν</b>, ''Ev.Matt.''16.23, ''Ep.Rom.''8.5; also <b class="b3">οὐ παρδάλιος τόσσον μένος ὅσσον Πάνθου υἷες φρονέουσιν</b> the [[panther]]'s [[courage]] is not so [[great]] as is the [[spirit]] of the [[son]]s of [[Panthus]], Il.17.23.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. freq. in the phrase [[μέγα φρονεῖν]] = to [[be high-minded]], [[have high thoughts]], to [[be high-spirited]], Il.11.296, 13.156; of lions and boars, 16.758, 11.325, cf. X.''Cyr.''7.5.62; φρονεῖ γὰρ ὡς γυνὴ μέγα S.''OT''1078, cf. Lys.2.48, Isoc.4.132; in Att., freq. in bad sense, to [[be presumptuous]], <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑαυτῷ, ἑαυτοῖς μέγα φρονεῖν</b>, Th.6.16, X.''HG''7.1.27 (also μεγάλα φρονεῖν Ar.''Ach.''988; <b class="b3">φρονεῖν ἐφ' αὑτῷ τηλικοῦτον ἡλίκον εἰκός</b> . . D.21.62): with Comp., <b class="b3">μεῖζον φρονεῖν</b> to have over-high [[thought]]s, X.''An.''5.6.8 (but simply, [[pluck up courage]], ἐπὶ τῷ γεγενημένῳ Id.''HG''3.5.21); φρονεῖν μεῖζον ἢ κατ' ἄνδρα S.''Ant.''768; μεῖζον τοῦ δέοντος Isoc.7.7, cf. 6.34: rarely in plural, μείζω τῆς δίκης φρονεῖν E.''Heracl.''933; with Sup., οἱ μέγιστον φρονοῦντες Pl.''Phdr.''257e; ἐφ' ἱππικῇ X.''Ages.''2.5; also μάλιστα φρονεῖν ἐπί τινι D.28.2; ἐπὶ τοῖς προγόνοις οὐ μεῖον φρονεῖν X.''Eq.Mag.''7.3, cf. ''Ap.''24; [[take pride]] in, ἐπὶ παιδεύσει μέγα φρονοῦντες Pl.''Prt.''342d; φ. ἐπὶ τῇ ὥρᾳ θαυμάσιον ὅσον Id.''Smp.''217a; also φρονεῖν εἰς ἡμᾶς μέγα E.''Hipp.''6; περὶ τὸ γράφειν λόγους Aeschin.2.125; <b class="b3">μέγα φρονεῖν ὅτι</b> . . X.''Cyr.''2.3.13; μέγα φρονεῖν ὡς εὖ ἐρῶν Pl.''Smp.''198d; <b class="b3">μέγα φρονεῖν μὴ ὑπείξειν</b> [[haughty]] in their [[resolution]] not to... X.''HG''5.4.45: later [[φρονεῖν]] alone, = [[μέγα φρονεῖν]], φρονήσας ἐφ' αὑτῷ Paus. 1.12.5; διὰ τὸν πατέρα ἀξιώματι προέχοντα Id.4.1.2: opp. <b class="b3">σμικρὸν φρονεῖν</b> to [[be poor-spirited]], S.''Aj.''1120; μικρὸν φρονεῖν Isoc.4.151; μικρὸν καὶ ταπεινὸν φρονεῖν D.13.25, etc.; <b class="b3">ἧσσον φρονεῖν, ἔλασσον φρονεῖν τινος,</b> E.''Andr.''313, ''Ph.'' 1128; φ. ἔλαττον ἢ πρότερον Isoc.12.47, etc.; οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖν ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας E.''Heracl.''386: also μετριώτερον πρὸς ἡμᾶς φρονεῖν X.''Cyr.''4.3.7.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of those who agree in [[opinion]], <b class="b3">τά τινος φρονεῖν</b> to [[be of another's mind]], [[be on his side]] or [[be of his party]], Hdt.2.162, etc.; τὰ σὰ φ. Id.7.102; εὖ φρονεῖν τὰ σά S.''Aj.''491; φρονεῖν τὰ Βρασίδον Ar.''Pax''640 (troch.), cf. D.18.161; also <b class="b3">ἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα</b> [[thinking]] like me, Il.15.50, cf. S.''Ant.''374 (lyr.); [[τὠυτὸ φρονεῖν]] or [[κατὰ τὠυτὸ φρονεῖν]] to [[be like-minded]], [[make common cause]], Hdt.1.60, 5.3; ἐμοὶ φ. ξυνῳδά Ar.''Av.''635 (lyr.): opp. <b class="b3">ἀμφὶς φρονεῖν</b> [[think]] [[differently]], Il.13.345; <b class="b3">ἄλλῃ φ</b>. [[think]] another way, ''h.Ap.''469.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[comprehend]], [[γιγνώσκω]], [[φρονέω]] Od.16.136, al.: more freq. c. acc., to [[be well aware of]]... <b class="b3">τὰ φρονέουσ' ἀνὰ θυμόν, ἃ</b> . . 2.116; <b class="b3">οὐκ ὄπιδα φρονέοντες ἐνὶ φρεσίν</b> [[pay]]ing no [[heed]] [[to]] it, 14.82; <b class="b3">φρονεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν</b> [[pay regard to]] it, ''Ep.Rom.''14.6; [[consider]], [[ponder]], Il.2.36, 18.4, al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> to [[be in possession of one's senses]], sometimes almost = [[ζῆν]], to [[be sensible]], [[be alive]], <b class="b3">ἐμὲ τὸν δύστηνον ἔτι φρονέοντ' ἐλέησον</b>, for <b class="b3">ἔτι ζῶντα</b>, Il.22.59; θανόντι δ', οὐ φρονοῦντι, δειλαία χάρις ἐπέμπετο A.''Ch.''517; ἐν τῷ φ. γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος S.''Aj.''554; μηδὲ ζῆν... μηδὲ φρονεῖν Pl.''Sph.''249a; but also, to [[be in one's senses]] or [[be in one's right wits]], [[φρονοῦντα]], opp. [[μεμηνότα]], S.''Aj.''82, cf. 344; ἔξω ἐλαύνειν τινὰ τοῦ φρονεῖν E.''Ba.''853; φρονεῖς ὀρθὰ κοὐ μαίνῃ Id.''Med.''1129; ἐξεστηκὼς τοῦ φρονεῖν Isoc.5.18; τὰ φαλάγγια τοῦ φ. ἐξίστησι X. ''Mem.''1.3.12; οὐκ ἂν παρείμην οἷσι μὴ δοκῶ φρονεῖν S.''OC''1666; ἐγὼ νῦν φρονῶ τότ' οὐ φρονῶν E.''Med.''1329; <b class="b3">φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς</b> [[though]] in thy wits thou'rt [[nothing]] [[wise]], Id.''Ba.''332 (for <b class="b3">εὖ φρονεῖν</b> v. supr.1.2); ὁρώντων, φρονούντων, βλεπόντων ὑμῶν Aeschin.3.94: <b class="b3">ζῶν καὶ φρονῶν</b> [[alive]] and in his [[right]] [[mind]], freq. in Inscrr., ''IGRom.''1.804 (Perinthus), etc.; <b class="b3">ζῶν καὶ φρενῶν</b> (sic) ''Jahresh.''23 ''Beibl.'' 206 (ibid.), ''Rev.Arch.''21 (1925).240 (Callatis); νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν ''Test.Epict.''1.2, ''PPetr.''3p.4 (iii B.C.).