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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> fut. -ᾰνῶ E.''Med.''614: aor. ἐμώρᾱνα A.''Pers.''719 (troch.): —Pass., v. infr. ''ΙΙ'': ([[μῶρος]]):—to [[be silly]], [[be foolish]], [[drivel]], E. [[l.c.]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.1.11, Phld.''Mus.''p.103K., Luc.''Nav.''45, etc.; [[play the fool]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1148b2: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">πεῖραν μ.</b> [[make]] a [[mad]] [[attempt]], A. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">οὐδεὶς… ταῦτα μωραίνει</b> [[indulge]]s in these [[follies]], E.''Fr.''282.22: euphemism of [[illicit]] [[love]], γυναῖκα μωραίνουσαν Id.''Andr.''674.<br><span class="bld">II</span> causal, [[make foolish]], [[convict of folly]], ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῶν μωρανθήσεται [[LXX]] ''Is.''19.11; <b class="b3">ἐμωράνθην σφόδρα</b> ib.''2 Ki.''24.10, cf. ''1 Ep.Cor.''1.20:—Pass., to [[become foolish]], [[be stupefied]], [αἶγες] ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ μεμωραμμέναι Arist. ''HA''610b30 (sed cf. [[μωρόομαι]]); to [[become insipid]], ἐὰν τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ ''Ev.Matt.''5.13.