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|Definition=Ep. subj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> φρονέῃσι Od.7.75: Ep. impf. φρόνεον Il.17.286, φρονέεσκον A.R.4.1164: fut. φρονήσω Ar.''Ec.''630 (anap.), etc.: aor. ἐφρόνησα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.60, A.''Eu.''115, etc.: pf. πεφρόνηκα Emp.103.1, Isoc.5.124, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]18.66:—Pass., Arist.''Xen.''980a9; imper. [[φρονείσθω]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[φρονεῖτε]] in ''Ep.Phil.''2.5:—to [[be minded]], either of [[reflection]] or of [[purpose]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[have understanding]], [[be wise]], [[be prudent]], rare in Hom., <b class="b3">ἄριστοι . . μάχεσθαί τε φρονέειν τε</b> [[best]] both in [[battle]] and [[counsel]], Il. 6.79: but freq. in Trag. and Att., [Ζῆνα] τὸν φρονεῖν βροτοὺς ὁδώσαντα A.''Ag.''176 (lyr.); φρονούντως πρὸς φρονοῦντας ἐννέπεις Id.''Supp.'' 204, cf. 176; φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''617; φρονεῖν οἶδεν μόνη Id.''Tr.''313; [[λίαν φρονεῖν]] to [[be over-wise]], E.''IA''924; φ. πλέον Pl.''Hp.Mi.''371a; [[τὸ φρονεῖν]] = [[understanding]], [[prudence]], S.''Ant.''1347 (anap.), 1353 (anap.); κράτιστοι φρονεῖν Antipho 2.1.1; καὶ φ. καὶ συμπράττειν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.5.44; εἰδέναι καὶ φ. Pl.''Alc.''1.133c; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ νοεῖν Id.''Phlb.''11b; λέγειν τε καὶ φ. Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''266b, cf. Isoc.4.50; τῷ φρονεῖν τε καὶ σωφρονεῖν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''712a; [[τὸ μὴ φρονοῦν]], of an [[infant]], A.''Ch.''753; ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἤρχετο φ. Is.9.20; ἡ φρονοῦσα ἡλικία Aeschin.1.139: Com. of fish, ἰχθῦς φρονοῦντας [[full-grown]], Ephipp.21.3; ζῷον λογικὸν καὶ φρονοῦν Phld.''Piet.''15: c. acc., [[φρονῆσαι τὰ κυριώτατα]] to [[be wise in respect of the most important matters]], Id.''Rh.''2.35S.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with Advbs., [[εὖ φρονεῖν]] = [[think rightly]], περί τινος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.16; to [[be sane]] (cf. infr. IV), E.''Ba.''851, Ar.''Nu.''817, Lys.19.41, etc.; κέρδιστον εὖ φρονοῦντα μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''387; οἱ φρονοῦντες εὖ κρατοῦσι πανταχοῦ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1252, cf. ''El.''394, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''99, al. ([[εὖ φρονεῖν]], also, to [[be well disposed]], v. infr. II.2); [[κακῶς φρονεῖν]], [[καλῶς φρονεῖν]], Od.18.168, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''600, ''Ant.''557; [[ὀρθῶς φρονέω]] And.2.23; [[ὀρθῶς φρονεῖν]] πρός τι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]'' 1000; <b class="b3">μῶρα φρονεῖν, πλάγια φρονεῖν</b>, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''594, E.''IA''332 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[think]], Heraclit.113, Parm.16.3, Emp.108.2, cf. Arist.de.An.427a19; <b class="b3">ὡς... ὅτι</b>... S.''Ant.''49, ''OC''872; φρόνει νιν ὡς ἥξοντα Id.''Tr.''289; [[mean]], ἄλλα φρονεῖν καὶ ἄλλα [[λέγειν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 9.54; ἕτερα μὲν λέγων, ἕτερα δὲ φρονῶν Din.1.47; ὁ μὴ λέγων ἃ φρονεῖ D.18.282, cf.19.224.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[feel by experience]], [[know full well]], σοὶ μὲν δοκεῖν ταῦτ' ἔστ', ἐμοὶ δ' ἄγαν φρονεῖν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''942, cf. ''OC''1741 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πειρώμενος ὅ τι φρονέοιεν [τὰ μαντήϊα]</b> to [[test]] the [[knowledge]] of the [[oracle]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.46.<br><span class="bld">II</span> to [[be fain]] that... c. acc. et inf., Il.3.98: c. inf., to [[be minded]] to do, 9.608, 17.286; without inf., <b class="b3">οἱ δ' ἰθὺς φρόνεον [ἰέναι]</b> were [[mind]]ed to [[go]] [[right]] on [[ward]], 13.135, cf. 12.124; <b class="b3">ᾗπερ δὴ φρονέω [τελέσαι]</b> 9.310; φρονῶν ἔπρασσον = [[of set purpose]], S.''OC''271: in Prose, [[mean]], [[intend]], <b class="b3">τοῦτο φρονεῖ ἡμῶν ἡ . . ἀγωγή</b> this is what your [[bring]]ing us here [[mean]]s, Th.5.85.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. with neut. Adj.,<br><span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b3">φ. τινί τινα</b> to have [[certain]] [[thought]]s [[for]] or [[towards]] any one, to [[be]] so and so [[mind]]ed [[towards]] him, <b class="b3">πατρὶ φίλα φρονέων</b> kindly [[minded towards]] him, Il.4.219, cf. Od.6.313, etc.; κακὰ φρονέουσι . . ἀλλήλοισιν Il.22.264; τῷ ὀλοὰ φρονέων 16.701; μαλακὰ φ. ἐσλοῖς Pi.''N.''4.95; πιστά τινι Id.''O.''3.17; φρονοῦντας ἄριστα αὐτοῖς Ar.''Pl.''577 (anap.): with Advbs., <b class="b3">εὖ φρονεῖν τισι</b> (cf. supr. 1.2) Od.7.74, cf. A.''Ag.''1436, etc.; <b class="b3">φρονεῖς εὖ τοῖς ἠγγελμένοις</b> you [[rejoice at]] them, Id.''Ch.''774; also [[εἰς]] ὑμᾶς εὖ φ. And.2.4; τισὶ καλῶς φ. ''SIG''527.38 (Crete, iii B. C.); τοιαῦτα περί τινος φ. Isoc.3.60: to [[be minded]] so and so, [[think]] or [[purpose]] such and such things, ἀγαθὰ φ. Il.6.162, Od.1.43; <b class="b3">φίλα φ.</b> ib.307; κακά 17.596; τὰ φρονέεις ἅ τ' ἐγώ περ Il.4.361; [[κρυπτάδια φρονεῖν]] to [[have secret purposes]], 1.542; [[ἀταλὰ φρονεῖν]] = to [[be gaily disposed]], 18.567, Hes.''Th.''989; [[πυκινὰ φρονεῖν]] = [[have wise thoughts]], [[be cunningly minded]], Od.9.445; <b class="b3">ἐφημέρια φρονεῖν</b> [[think]] only of the [[passing]] [[day]], 21.85; θεοῖσιν ἶσα φρονεῖν Il.5.441; θνητὰ φρονεῖν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''590 (anap.), E.''Alc.''799; ἀθάνατα Pl.''Ti.''90c; οὐ κατ' ἄνθρωπον φρονεῖν A.''Th.''425, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''777; ἐπὶ ταῖς εὐτυχίαις ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον φ. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.7.3; μηδὲν ὑπὲρ τὴν πήραν φ. Luc. ''Tim.''57: also [[καίρια]] φρονεῖν S.''El.''228 (lyr.); σώφρονα Id.''Fr.''64; οὐ τὰ ἄριστα φρονεῖν Th.2.22; ἡ [[πόλις]] [[χεῖρον]] φρονεῖν Isoc.8.126; <b class="b3">τυραννικὰ φρονεῖν</b> to [[have]] [[tyranny]] in [[mind]], Ar.''V.''507 (troch.); [[ἀρχαιϊκὰ φρονεῖν]] to [[have old-fashioned notions]], Id.''Nu.''821; <b class="b3">τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ φρονεῖν, τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς φρονεῖν</b>, ''Ev.Matt.''16.23, ''Ep.Rom.''8.5; also <b class="b3">οὐ παρδάλιος τόσσον μένος ὅσσον Πάνθου υἷες φρονέουσιν</b> the [[panther]]'s [[courage]] is not so [[great]] as is the [[spirit]] of the [[son]]s of [[Panthus]], Il.17.23.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. freq. in the phrase [[μέγα φρονεῖν]] = to [[be high-minded]], [[have high thoughts]], to [[be high-spirited]], Il.11.296, 13.156; of lions and boars, 16.758, 11.325, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.62; φρονεῖ γὰρ ὡς γυνὴ μέγα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1078, cf. Lys.2.48, Isoc.4.132; in Att., freq. in bad sense, to [[be presumptuous]], <b class="b3">ἐφ' ἑαυτῷ, ἑαυτοῖς μέγα φρονεῖν</b>, Th.6.16, X.''HG''7.1.27 (also [[μεγάλα]] φρονεῖν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''988; <b class="b3">φρονεῖν ἐφ' αὑτῷ τηλικοῦτον ἡλίκον εἰκός</b> . . D.21.62): with Comp., [[μεῖζον φρονεῖν]] = to [[have over-high thoughts]], X.''An.''5.6.8 (but simply, [[pluck up courage]], ἐπὶ τῷ γεγενημένῳ Id.''HG''3.5.21); φρονεῖν μεῖζον ἢ κατ' ἄνδρα S.''Ant.''768; μεῖζον τοῦ δέοντος Isoc.7.7, cf. 6.34: rarely in plural, μείζω τῆς δίκης φρονεῖν E.''Heracl.''933; with Sup., οἱ μέγιστον φρονοῦντες [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 257e; ἐφ' ἱππικῇ X.''Ages.''2.5; also [[μάλιστα]] φρονεῖν ἐπί τινι D.28.2; ἐπὶ τοῖς προγόνοις οὐ μεῖον φρονεῖν X.''Eq.Mag.''7.3, cf. ''Ap.''24; [[take pride]] in, ἐπὶ παιδεύσει μέγα φρονοῦντες Pl.''Prt.''342d; φ. ἐπὶ τῇ ὥρᾳ θαυμάσιον ὅσον Id.''Smp.''217a; also [[φρονεῖν]] εἰς ἡμᾶς μέγα E.''Hipp.''6; περὶ τὸ [[γράφειν]] λόγους Aeschin.2.125; <b class="b3">μέγα φρονεῖν ὅτι</b> . . [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.13; μέγα φρονεῖν ὡς εὖ ἐρῶν Pl.''Smp.''198d; <b class="b3">μέγα φρονεῖν μὴ ὑπείξειν</b> [[haughty]] in their [[resolution]] not to... X.''HG''5.4.45: later [[φρονεῖν]] alone, = [[μέγα φρονεῖν]], φρονήσας ἐφ' αὑτῷ Paus. 1.12.5; διὰ τὸν πατέρα ἀξιώματι προέχοντα Id.4.1.2: opp. [[σμικρὸν φρονεῖν]] to [[be poor-spirited]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1120; μικρὸν φρονεῖν Isoc.4.151; μικρὸν καὶ [[ταπεινός|ταπεινὸν]] φρονεῖν D.13.25, etc.; [[ἧσσον]] φρονεῖν, [[ἔλασσον]] φρονεῖν τινος, E.''Andr.''313, ''Ph.'' 1128; φ. ἔλαττον ἢ πρότερον Isoc.12.47, etc.; οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖν ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας E.''Heracl.''386: also [[μετριώτερον]] πρὸς ἡμᾶς φρονεῖν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.3.7.<br><span class="bld">c</span> of those who agree in [[opinion]], <b class="b3">τά τινος φρονεῖν</b> to [[be of another's mind]], [[be on his side]] or [[be of his party]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.162, etc.; τὰ σὰ φ. Id.7.102; εὖ φρονεῖν τὰ σά [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''491; φρονεῖν τὰ Βρασίδον Ar.''Pax''640 (troch.), cf. D.18.161; also <b class="b3">ἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα</b> [[thinking]] like me, Il.15.50, cf. S.''Ant.''374 (lyr.); [[τὠυτὸ φρονεῖν]] or [[κατὰ τὠυτὸ φρονεῖν]] to [[be like-minded]], [[make common cause]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.60, 5.3; ἐμοὶ φ. ξυνῳδά [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''635 (lyr.): opp. [[ἀμφὶς φρονεῖν]] = [[think differently]], Il.13.345; [[ἄλλῃ φρονεῖν]] = [[think another way]], ''h.Ap.''469.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[comprehend]], [[γιγνώσκω]], [[φρονέω]] Od.16.136, al.: more freq. c. acc., to [[be well aware of]]... <b class="b3">τὰ φρονέουσ' ἀνὰ θυμόν, ἃ</b> . . 2.116; <b class="b3">οὐκ ὄπιδα φρονέοντες ἐνὶ φρεσίν</b> [[pay]]ing no [[heed]] [[to]] it, 14.82; <b class="b3">φρονεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν</b> [[pay regard to]] it, ''Ep.Rom.''14.6; [[consider]], [[ponder]], Il.2.36, 18.4, al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> to [[be in possession of one's senses]], sometimes almost = [[ζῆν]], to [[be sensible]], [[be alive]], <b class="b3">ἐμὲ τὸν δύστηνον ἔτι φρονέοντ' ἐλέησον</b>, for <b class="b3">ἔτι ζῶντα</b>, Il.22.59; θανόντι δ', οὐ φρονοῦντι, δειλαία χάρις ἐπέμπετο A.''Ch.''517; ἐν τῷ φ. γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''554; μηδὲ ζῆν... μηδὲ φρονεῖν Pl.''Sph.''249a; but also, to [[be in one's senses]] or [[be in one's right wits]], [[φρονοῦντα]], opp. [[μεμηνότα]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''82, cf. 344; ἔξω ἐλαύνειν τινὰ τοῦ φρονεῖν E.''Ba.''853; φρονεῖς ὀρθὰ κοὐ μαίνῃ Id.''Med.''1129; ἐξεστηκὼς τοῦ φρονεῖν Isoc.5.18; τὰ φαλάγγια τοῦ φ. ἐξίστησι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.3.12; οὐκ ἂν παρείμην οἷσι μὴ δοκῶ φρονεῖν S.''OC''1666; ἐγὼ νῦν φρονῶ τότ' οὐ φρονῶν E.''Med.''1329; [[φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς]] = [[though in thy wits thou'rt nothing wise]], Id.''Ba.''332 (for [[εὖ φρονεῖν]] v. supr.1.2); ὁρώντων, φρονούντων, βλεπόντων ὑμῶν Aeschin.3.94: <b class="b3">ζῶν καὶ φρονῶν</b> [[alive]] and in his [[right]] [[mind]], freq. in Inscrr., ''IGRom.''1.804 (Perinthus), etc.; <b class="b3">ζῶν καὶ φρενῶν</b> (sic) ''Jahresh.''23 ''Beibl.'' 206 (ibid.), ''Rev.Arch.''21 (1925).240 (Callatis); νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν ''Test.Epict.''1.2, ''PPetr.''3p.4 (iii B.C.).