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|Definition=ον, also η, ον Plu.2.1070b:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">in one's right mind, in one's senses</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>259</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[showing presence of mind]], ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.6.7</span>; τὸ φ. [[presence of mind]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.56</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[sensible]], [[prudent]], opp. [[ἄφρων]], Gorg. <span class="title">Fr.</span>6; ψυχή <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>247a</span>; opp.[[ἀνόητος]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.14</span> (Comp.); τὸν φρόνιμον ζητοῦντας . . ὥσπερ ἀποδεδρακότα <span class="bibl">Bato 2.3</span>; ὡς ἂν ὁ φ. ὁρίσειε <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1107a1</span>, al.; <b class="b3">φ. περί τινος</b> [[possessing sagacity]] or [[discernment]] in a thing, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.15</span>, <span class="bibl">21</span> (Comp.); περί τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>490b</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Isoc. 12.161</span> (Comp.); εἴς τι Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.125a; ἐν τῷ σίτῳ φ. καὶ μέτριοι <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.2.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of thoughts, acts, and the like, φ. τι ἐργάσασθαι <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>42</span>; <b class="b3">φιλόπολις ἀρετή, φρόνιμος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">547</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of birds as giving omens, τοὺς ἄνωθεν φρονιμωτάτους οἰωνούς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1058</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[sagacious]], of animals, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>263d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488b15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>648a8</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">687a8</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>753a11</span> (Comp.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> τὸ φ. [[practical wisdom]], [[prudence]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>52.9</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>586d</span>, al.; opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἄφρον</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>235e</span>; ἰέναι ἐπὶ τὸ φρονιμώτερον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.14</span>: pl., <b class="b3">ἄπορος ἐπὶ φρόνιμα</b> helpless in point of [[wisdom]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>692</span> (lyr.); τὰ -ώτερα ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.211</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Adv. -μως <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1364</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1333</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>192e</span>, etc.; opp. [[ἀλόγως]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.9</span>; φ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.57</span>; διακεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Isoc. 8.114</span>: Comp. φρονιμώτερον, διακεῖσθαι τῶν ἄλλων <span class="bibl">Id.2.10</span>; -ωτέρως <span class="bibl">Id.13.15</span>: Sup. -ώτατα, λέγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ap.</span>20</span>.</span>