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φρον-έω, Ep.
subj.
A.
φρονέῃσι
Od. 7.75
: Ep.
impf.
φρόνεον
Il. 17.286
, φρονέεσκον
A.R. 4.1164
:fut.
-ήσω
Ar. Ec. 630
(anap.), etc.:aor.
ἐφρόνησα
Hdt. 1.60
, A. Eu. 115 , etc.:pf.
πεφρόνηκα
Close Browse lexicon entries , Isoc. 5.124 , D.S. 18.66 :— Pass. , Arist. Xen. 980a9 ; imper.φρονείσθω
v.l. for φρονεῖτε in Ep.Phil. 2.5 :—to be minded,either of reflection or of purpose: hence,
I. have understanding, be wise, prudent,rare in Hom. ,ἄριστοι . . μάχεσθαί τε φρονέειν τεbest both in battle andcounsel,
Il. 6.79 : but freq. in Trag. and Att. , [ Ζῆνα] τὸν φρονεῖν βροτοὺς ὁδώσαντα
(lyr.); φρονούντως πρὸς φρονοῦντας ἐννέπεις
, cf. 176 ; φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς
; τὸ φρονεῖν understanding, prudence,
(anap.), 1353 (anap.); κράτιστοι φρονεῖν
, cf. Isoc. 4.50 ; τῷ φρονεῖν τε καὶ σωφρονεῖν
;τὸ μὴ φρονοῦν,of an infant, A. Ch. 753 ; ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἤρχετο φ.
: Com. of fish, ἰχθῦς φρονοῦντας full-grown,
; ζῷον λογικὸν καὶ φρονοῦν
: c. acc.,φρονῆσαι τὰ κυριώτατα to be wisein respect of the most important matters, Id. Rh. 2.35S.
2. with Advbs.,εὖ φρονεῖν thinkrightly, περί τινος
;to be sane(cf. infr. IV), E. Ba. 851 , Ar. Nu. 817 , Lys. 19.41 , etc.; κέρδιστον εὖ φρονοῦντα μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν
; οἱ φρονοῦντες εὖ κρατοῦσι πανταχοῦ
, cf. El. 394 , E. Or. 99 , al. (butεὖ φρ.,also,to bewelldisposed, v.infr. 11.2);κακῶς, καλῶς φ.,
Od. 18.168 , S. OT 600 , Ant. 557 ; ὀρθῶς φ.
S. Aj. 594 , E. IA 332 (troch.).
Heraclit. 113 , Parm. 16.3 , Emp. 108.2 , cf. Arist.
427a19 ;ὡς . . , ὅτι. . , S. Ant. 49 , OC 872 ; φρόνει νιν ὡς ἥξοντα
; ἕτερα μὲν λέγων, ἕτερα δὲ φρονῶν
4. feel by experience, know full well,
σοὶ μὲν δοκεῖν ταῦτ' ἔστ', ἐμοὶ δ' ἄγαν φρονεῖν
, cf. OC 1741 (lyr.);πειρώμενος ὅ τι φρονέοιεν [τὰ μαντήϊα] to test theknowledgeof the oracles, Hdt. 1.46 .
II. to be fainthat . . ,c. acc. etinf., Il. 3.98 : c.inf.,to be mindedto do, 9.608 , 17.286 ; withoutinf.,οἱ δ' ἰθὺς φρόνεον [ἰέναι]were minded to goright on ward, 13.135 , cf. 12.124 ;ᾗπερ δὴ φρονέω [τελέσαι] 9.310 ; φρονῶν ἔπρασσον of set purpose,
: in Prose,mean, intend, τοῦτο φρονεῖ ἡμῶν ἡ . . ἀγωγήthis is what your bringing us heremeans,
a. φ. τινί τινα to havecertainthoughts forortowardsany one,to beso and sominded towardshim,πατρὶ φίλα φρονέωνkindlyminded towardshim, Il. 4.219 , cf. Od. 6.313 , etc.; κακὰ φρονέουσι . . ἀλλήλοισιν
; φρονοῦντας ἄριστα αὐτοῖς
(anap.): with Advbs.,εὖ φρονεῖν τισι(cf. supr. 1.2 ) Od. 7.74 , cf. A. Ag. 1436 , etc.;φρονεῖς εὖ τοῖς ἠγγελμένοιςyourejoice atthem, Id. Ch. 774 ; also εἰς ὑμᾶς εὖ φ.
(Crete,iii B. C.); τοιαῦτα περί τινος φ.
:to be mindedso and so,thinkorpurposesuch and such things, ἀγαθὰ φ.
, Od. 1.43 ;φίλα φ.ib. 307 ; κακά
; τὰ φρονέεις ἅ τ' ἐγώ περ
;κρυπτάδια φ. to havesecretpurposes,
1.542 ;ἀταλὰ φ. to begailydisposed,
18.567 , Hes. Th. 989 ;πυκινὰ φ. havewisethoughts, becunninglyminded,
Od. 9.445 ;ἐφημέρια φ. thinkonly of the passing day, 21.85 ; θεοῖσιν ἶσα φ.
(anap.), E. Alc. 799 ; ἀθάνατα
, S. Aj. 777 ; ἐπὶ ταῖς εὐτυχίαις ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον φ.
; μηδὲν ὑπὲρ τὴν πήραν φ.
;τυραννικὰ φ. to havetyrannyin mind,
Ar. V. 507 (troch.);ἀρχαιϊκὰ φ. to haveold-fashionednotions,
Id. Nu. 821 ;τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς φ.,
Ev.Matt. 16.23 , Ep.Rom. 8.5 ; alsoοὐ παρδάλιος τόσσον μένος ὅσσον Πάνθου υἷες φρονέουσινthe panther's courage is not so great asis the spiritof the sons of Panthus, Il. 17.23 .
b. esp. freq. in the phraseμέγα φρονεῖν to behigh-minded, havehighthoughts, to behigh-spirited,
Il. 11.296 , 13.156 ; of lions and boars, 16.758 , 11.325 , cf. X. Cyr. 7.5.62 ; φρονεῖ γὰρ ὡς γυνὴ μέγα
, cf. Lys. 2.48 , Isoc. 4.132 ; in Att. , freq. in bad sense,to be presumptuous, ἐφ' ἑαυτῷ, ἑαυτοῖς μέγα φ.,
Th. 6.16 , X. HG 7.1.27 (also μεγάλα φ.
;φ. ἐφ' αὑτῷ τηλικοῦτον ἡλίκον εἰκός. . D. 21.62 ): with Comp. ,μεῖζον φ. to haveover-highthoughts,
X. An. 5.6.8 (but simply,pluck up courage,
); φ. μεῖζον ἢ κατ' ἄνδρα
, cf. 6.34 : rarely in pl., μείζω τῆς δίκης φ.
; with Sup. , οἱ μέγιστον φρονοῦντες
; also μάλιστα φ. ἐπί τινι
; ἐπὶ τοῖς προγόνοις οὐ μεῖον φ.
, cf. Ap. 24 ;take pridein, ἐπὶ παιδεύσει μέγα φρονοῦντες
; φ. ἐπὶ τῇ ὥρᾳ θαυμάσιον ὅσον
;μέγα φ. ὅτι. . X. Cyr. 2.3.13 ; μέγα φ. ὡς εὖ ἐρῶν
;μέγα φ. μὴ ὑπείξειν haughty in their resolutionnot to . . , X. HG 5.4.45 : laterφ.alone, = μέγα φ., φρονήσας ἐφ' αὑτῷ
Paus. 1.12.5 ; διὰ τὸν πατέρα ἀξιώματι προέχοντα
: opp.σμικρὸν φ. to bepoor-spirited,
, etc.;ἧσσον, ἔλασσον φ.τινος,
E. Andr. 313 , Ph. 1128 ; φ. ἔλαττον ἢ πρότερον
, etc.; οὐ σμικρὸν φ. ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας
: also μετριώτερον πρὸς ἡμᾶς φ.
c. of those who agree inopinion, τά τινος φρονεῖν to be ofanother'smind, be onhissideorofhisparty,
Hdt. 2.162 , etc.; τὰ σὰ φ.
(troch.), cf. D. 18.161 ; alsoἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα thinking likeme, Il. 15.50 , cf. S. Ant. 374 (lyr.);τὠυτὸorκατὰ τὠυτὸ φ. to be like-minded,make common cuase, Hdt. 1.60 , 5.3 ; ἐμοὶ φ. ξυνῳδά
(lyr.): opp.ἀμφὶς φ. thinkdifferently, Il. 13.345 ;ἄλλῃ φ. thinkanother way, h.Ap. 469 .
, al.: more freq. c. acc.,to be well aware of. . ,τὰ φρονέους' ἀνὰ θυμόν, ἃ. . 2.116 ;οὐκ ὄπιδα φρονέοντες ἐνὶ φρεσίν payingnoheed toit, 14.82 ;φ. τὴν ἡμέραν pay regard toit, Ep.Rom. 14.6 ;consider, ponder,
IV. to be in possession of one's senses,sts. almost = ζῆν ,to be sensible, be alive, ἐμὲ τὸν δύστηνον ἔτι φρονέοντ' ἐλέησον,forἔτι ζῶντα,
Il. 22.59 ; θανόντι δ', οὐ φρονοῦντι, δειλαία χάρις ἐπέμπετο
; ἐν τῷ φ. γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος
; μηδὲ ζῆν . . , μηδὲ φρονεῖν
; but also,to be in one's sensesorright wits, φρονοῦντα,opp.μεμηνότα,
S. Aj. 82 , cf. 344 ; ἔξω ἐλαύνειν τινὰ τοῦ φρονεῖν
; τὰ φαλάγγια τοῦ φ. ἐξίστησι
; οὐκ ἂν παρείμην οἷσι μὴ δοκῶ φρονεῖν
; ἐγὼ νῦν φρονῶ τότ' οὐ φρονῶν
;φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς though in thy wits thou'rtnothingwise,
Id. Ba. 332 (forεὖ φ. v.supr. 1.2); ὁρώντων, φρονούντων, βλεπόντων ὑμῶν
:ζῶν καὶ φρονῶνalive andin his right mind,freq. in Inscrr., IGRom. 1.804 (Perinthus), etc.;ζῶν καὶ φρενῶν(sic) Jahresh. 23
Beibl. 206 (ibid.), Rev.Arch. 21 ( 1925 ). 240 (Callatis); νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν
References Od. 7.75 Il. 17.286 A.R. 4.1164 Ar. Ec. 630 Hdt. 1.60 A. Eu. 115 Emp. 103.1 Isoc. 5.124 D.S. 18.66 Arist. Xen. 980a9 Ep.Phil. 2.5 Hom. Il. 6.79 A. Ag. 176 Id. Supp. 204 176 S. OT 617 Id. Tr. 313 E. IA 924 Pl. Hp.Mi. 371a S. Ant. 1347 1353 Antipho 2.1.1 X. Cyr. 5.5.44 Pl. Alc. 1.133c Id. Phlb. 11b Id. Phdr. 266b Isoc. 4.50 Pl. Lg. 712a A. Ch. 753 Is. 9.20 Aeschin. 1.139 Ephipp. 21.3 Phld. Piet. 15 Id. Rh. 2.35S. Hdt. 2.16 E. Ba. 851 Ar. Nu. 817 Lys. 19.41 A. Pr. 387 S. Aj. 1252 El. 394 E. Or. 99 Od. 18.168 S. OT 600 Ant. 557 And. 2.23 A. Pr. 1000 S. Aj. 594 E. IA 332 Heraclit. 113 Parm. 16.3 Emp. 108.2 Arist. 427a19 S. Ant. 49 OC 872 Id. Tr. 289 Hdt. 9.54 Din. 1.47 D. 18.282 19.224 S. Aj. 942 OC 1741 Hdt. 1.46 Il. 3.98 9.608 17.286 13.135 12.124 9.310 S. OC 271 Th. 5.85 Il. 4.219 Od. 6.313 Il. 22.264 16.701 Pi. N. 4.95 Id. O. 3.17 Ar. Pl. 577 1.2 Od. 7.74 A. Ag. 1436 Id. Ch. 774 And. 2.4 SIG 527.38 Isoc. 3.60 Il. 6.162 Od. 1.43 307 17.596 Il. 4.361 1.542 18.567 Hes. Th. 989 Od. 9.445 21.85 Il. 5.441 S. Fr. 590 E. Alc. 799 Liddell–Scott–Jones — CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
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