sober
From LSJ
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
as opposed to drunk: P. and V. νήφων (Plato).
abstaining from wine: P. and V. ἄοινος (Plato).
be sober, v.: P. and V. νήφειν.
calm: P. and V. ἥσυχος, ἡσυχαῖος.
in sober earnest, truly: P. and V. ἀληθῶς.
be in sober earnest, v.: P. and V. σπουδάζειν.
verb transitive
P. and V. σωφρονίζειν; chasten.
be sobered: P. and V. σωφρονεῖν.
