Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σαόφρων ‎(saóphrōn) (Epic, Poetic)

Adjective

σώφρων • ‎(sṓphrōn) m, f ‎(neuter σῶφρον); third declension

1. Of sound mind: sane
2. moderate, prudent, sensible, reasonable
3. self-controlled, temperate, chaste, sober

Inflection

Derived terms

• σωφροσύνη ‎(sōphrosúnē)

Related terms

• σωφρόνως ‎(sōphrónōs)

References

• σώφρων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σώφρων» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• “G4998”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abstemious idem, page 4.
  • abstinent idem, page 4.
  • ascetic idem, page 43.
  • balanced idem, page 60.
  • careful idem, page 114.
  • cautious idem, page 119.
  • chaste idem, page 127.
  • circumspect idem, page 132.
  • continent idem, page 168.
  • deliberate idem, page 207.
  • discreet idem, page 231.
  • discriminating idem, page 231.
  • dispassionate idem, page 236.
  • frugal idem, page 347.
  • judicious idem, page 465.
  • moderate idem, page 537.
  • modest idem, page 538.
  • politic idem, page 625.
  • prudent idem, page 655.
  • sagacious idem, page 731.
  • sensible idem, page 753.
  • sober idem, page 790.
  • temperate idem, page 860.
  • thoughtful idem, page 868.
  • thrifty idem, page 870.
  • wise idem, page 982.