ἔμφρων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἔμφρον, gen. ονος, ([[φρήν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in one's mind]] or [[in one's senses]], [[sensible]]: opp.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> to one [[mad]], <b class="b3">σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα</b> = Zeus will [[bring]] thee to thy [[sense]]s, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''848; ἔμφρων εἰμί Id.''Ch.''1026; ἔμφρων [[καθίσταμαι]] = I [[come]] to [[myself]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''306; [[ποιητής|ποιητὴς]], ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν = whenever a [[poet]] is [[seat]]ed on the Muses' [[tripod]], he is not in his senses Pl.''Lg.''719c; <b class="b3">ἀντὶ μανικῶν.. ἑξεις ἔμφρονας ἔχειν</b> ib.791b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to one [[dead]], <b class="b3">ἔτ' ἔμφρων</b> S.''Ant.''1237, cf. Antipho 2.3.2; <b class="b3">ἔμφρων γίγνεσθαι</b> to [[recover]] from a [[swoon]] or [[lethargy]], Hp.''Coac.''136.<br><span class="bld">3</span> to one [[asleep]], S.E.''M.''7.129.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[rational]], [[intelligent]], <b class="b3">ζῷα ἔμφρονα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">εἴδωλα ἄφρονα</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.4.4; also [[ζωή]] ἔμφρων, [[βίος]] ἔμφρων, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 521a, ''Ti.''36e; ἡ πρεσβυτῶν ἔ. παιδιά Id.''Lg.''769a; [[τέχνη]] ἐμφρονεστέρα Arist.''Rh.''1359b6; <b class="b3">ὅταν ἐς ἥβην ἐξικώμεθ' ἔμφρονες</b> when we come to years of [[discretion]], prob. in [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''583.6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sensible]], [[prudent]], Thgn.1126, Pi.''O.''9.74, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''436; ἔμφρων [[σωφροσύνη]] Th.1.84; <b class="b3">ἔμφρων περί τι</b> [[wise]] about or in a thing, Pl.''Lg.''809d; <b class="b3">τῶν δημιουργῶν ἢ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἐμφρόνων ἀνδρῶν</b> [[expert]]s, Id.''Hipparch.''226c. Adv. [[ἐμφρόνως]] = [[sensibly]], [[wisely]], Id.''R.''396d, al., Antiph.104: Comp. ἐμφρονέστερον Phalar.''Ep.''67.3: Sup. ἐμφρονέστατα Plu.''Ant.''14.