ἔμφρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-, “in”) + -φρων (-phrōn, “-minded”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ém.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈem.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈem.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈem.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈem.fron/
Adjective
ἔμφρων • (émphrōn) m or f (neuter ἔμφρον); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἔμφρων émphrōn |
ἔμφρον émphron |
ἔμφρονε émphrone |
ἔμφρονε émphrone |
ἔμφρονες émphrones |
ἔμφρονᾰ émphronă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἔμφρονος émphronos |
ἔμφρονος émphronos |
ἐμφρόνοιν emphrónoin |
ἐμφρόνοιν emphrónoin |
ἐμφρόνων emphrónōn |
ἐμφρόνων emphrónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἔμφρονῐ émphronĭ |
ἔμφρονῐ émphronĭ |
ἐμφρόνοιν emphrónoin |
ἐμφρόνοιν emphrónoin |
ἔμφροσῐ ἔμφροσῐν émphrosĭ(n) |
ἔμφροσῐ ἔμφροσῐν émphrosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἔμφρονᾰ émphronă |
ἔμφρον émphron |
ἔμφρονε émphrone |
ἔμφρονε émphrone |
ἔμφρονᾰς émphronăs |
ἔμφρονᾰ émphronă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἔμφρον émphron |
ἔμφρον émphron |
ἔμφρονε émphrone |
ἔμφρονε émphrone |
ἔμφρονες émphrones |
ἔμφρονᾰ émphronă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐμφρόνως emphrónōs |
ἐμφρονέστερος emphronésteros |
ἐμφρονέστᾰτος emphronéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἔμφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔμφρων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- ἔμφρων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ἔμφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔμφρων in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “ἔμφρων”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conscious idem, page 162.
- intelligent idem, page 448.
- judicious idem, page 465.
- lucid idem, page 503.
- prudent idem, page 655.
- rational idem, page 673.
- reasonable idem, page 677.
- right idem, page 714.
- sagacious idem, page 731.
- sane idem, page 733.
- sense idem, page 752.
- sensible idem, page 753.
- wise idem, page 982.