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|Definition=φρόνιμον, also η, ον Plu.2.1070b:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in one's right mind]], [[in one's senses]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''259 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[showing presence of mind]], ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς X.''An.''2.6.7; τὸ φ. [[presence of mind]], Id.''HG''2.3.56.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[sensible]], [[prudent]], opp. [[ἄφρων]], Gorg. ''Fr.''6; ψυχή Pl.''Sph.''247a; opp. [[ἀνόητος]], Isoc.2.14 (Comp.); τὸν φρόνιμον ζητοῦντας.. ὥσπερ ἀποδεδρακότα Bato 2.3; ὡς ἂν ὁ φ. ὁρίσειε [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1107a1, al.; <b class="b3">φ. περί τινος</b> [[possessing sagacity]] or [[discernment]] in a thing, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.15, 21 (Comp.); περί τι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 490b (Comp.), Isoc. 12.161 (Comp.); εἴς τι Pl.''Alc.''1.125a; ἐν τῷ σίτῳ φ. καὶ μέτριοι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.2.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of thoughts, acts, and the like, φ. τι ἐργάσασθαι Ar. ''Lys.''42; <b class="b3">φιλόπολις ἀρετή, φρόνιμος</b> ib.547 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> of birds as giving omens, τοὺς ἄνωθεν φρονιμωτάτους οἰωνούς S.''El.''1058 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[sagacious]], of animals, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 263d, Arist.''HA''488b15, ''PA''648a8 (Comp.), 687a8 (Sup.), ''GA''753a11 (Comp.), al.<br><span class="bld">4</span> τὸ φ. [[practical wisdom]], [[prudence]], E.''Fr.''52.9 (lyr.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 586d, al.; opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἄφρον</b>, Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''235e; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὸ φρονιμώτερον X.''Smp.''8.14: pl., <b class="b3">ἄπορος ἐπὶ φρόνιμα</b> helpless in point of [[wisdom]], S.''OT''692 (lyr.); τὰ φρονιμώτερα ποιεῖν Isoc.15.211.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Adv. [[φρονίμως]] [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1364, ''Av.''1333 (lyr.), Pl.''La.''192e, etc.; opp. [[ἀλόγως]], Isoc.3.9; φ. ἔχειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.57; διακεῖσθαι Isoc. 8.114: Comp. φρονιμώτερον, διακεῖσθαι τῶν ἄλλων Id.2.10; φρονιμωτέρως Id.13.15: Sup. φρονιμώτατα, λέγειν X.''Ap.''20.