παράφρων

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κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind

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Transliteration A: paráphrōn Transliteration B: paraphrōn Transliteration C: parafron Beta Code: para/frwn

English (LSJ)

poet. πάρφρων, ον, gen. ονος, (φρήν)

   A wandering from reason, senseless, μάντις S.El.473 (lyr.) ; out of one's wits, deranged, Pl. Lg.649d ; λύσσας πάρφρονος B.10.103 ; τί τόδ' αὖ παράφρων ἔρριψας ἔπος; E.Hipp.232 (anap.) ; π.καὶ παραπλὴξ τὴν διάνοιαν Plu.Pomp.72. Adv. -νως, γελᾶν Zen.1.43.