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|Definition=Ep. and ''poet.'' [[σαόφρων|σᾰόφρων]] (as in Hom., v. infr., Pi.''Pae.''9.46), ονος, ὁ, ἡ: neut. [[σῶφρον]]:—prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of sound mind]] (from [[σῶς]], [[φρήν]], cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''411e, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1140b11): hence, [[discreet]], [[prudent]], οὐκ ἄν με σαόφρονα μυθήσαιο ἔμμεναι Il.21.462, cf. Od.4.158; opp. [[ἄφρων]], Thgn.431, 454, 497; opp. [[νήπιος]], Id.483; opp. [[ἀνόητος]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.4; σώφρονες περὶ θεούς [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.3.2; σωφρονέστατος ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ Hp.''Prorrh.'' 2.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, τοῖσι λόγοις σῶφρον ἔπεστιν [[ἄνθος]] Ar.''Nu.''1025 (lyr.); σώφρων [[οἶκτος]] = [[reasonable]] [[compassion]], Th.3.59; σωφρονέστατον κήρυγμα Aeschin.3.4; σώφρον' εἶπας E.''IA''1024; ἄλλο τι σωφρονέστερον γνώσεσθε Th.5.111; [[σῶφρόν ἐστι]] = [[it is wise]] c. inf., Id.1.42.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Att., esp. [[having control over the sensual desires]], [[temperate]], [[self-controlled]], [[chaste]] (σώφρων ὁ μετρίας [[ἐπιθυμία]]ς ἔχων Pl.''Def.''415d, cf. [[σωφροσύνη]] ''1''), μοι δὸς σωφρονεστέραν πολὺ μητρὸς γενέσθαι A.''Ch.''140, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''132; [[γυνή|γυνὴ]] σώφρων And. 4.14, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''682; σώφρων καὶ [[ἐγκρατής|ἐγκρατὴς]] ἑαυτοῦ Pl.''Grg.''491d, cf. ''1 Ep.Ti.'' 3.2, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, σ. γνώμη A.''Ag.''1664 (troch.); εὐχαί Id.''Supp.''710; <b class="b3">σ. ὑμέναιοι, λέχη</b>, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''558, ''El.''1099; [[τράπεζα]], [[δίαιτα]], Id.''Fr.''893 (lyr.), Pl.''Ep.''336c; [[ἀριστοκρατία]] [[moderate]], Th.3.82; [[χάρις]] ib. 58; βίος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''733e; [[φρονεῖν]] σώφρονα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''64.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[τὸ σῶφρον]] = [[σωφροσύνη]] ([[prudence]], [[moderation]], [[temperance]]), Id.''Fr.''786, E.''Hipp.''431, Th.1.37, 3.82; <b class="b3">σοῦ τὸ σῶφρον</b> [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''365, cf. 346, etc.; ἐπὶ τὸ σωφρονέστερον λαμβάνειν τι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.71; τὸ σωφρονέστατον Th.3.62; τὰ σώφρονα λάγδην πατεῖται [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''683.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[σωφρόνως]] = [[in a wise manner]], [[in a prudent manner]], [[in a moderate manner]], [[cautiously]] A.''Th.'' 645, ''Eu.''44, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.77; σ. τραφῆναι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''334 (lyr.); σωφρόνως τε καὶ [[μετρίως]] Pl.''R.''399b; <b class="b3">δικαίως πράττοντες καὶ σωφρόνως</b> Id.''Alc.''1.134d; [[σωφρόνως]] [[ἐφέπομαι|ἐφέπεσθαι]] = [[cautiously]], X.''Ages.''2.3: Comp., <b class="b3">σωφρονέστερον πολιτεύειν</b> [[adopt]] a [[more]] [[moderate]] [[constitution]], Th.8.53, cf. 1.84, X.''Eq.Mag.''1.14, etc.; but σωφρονεστέρως E.''IA''379 (troch.): Sup. σωφρονέστατα Isoc.7.13, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''728e.