ἀφροσύνη, ἡ,
(ἄφρων) folly, thoughtlessness, frequently in plural, παῖδας καταπαυέμεν ἀφροσυνάων[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.457, compare 16.278: in _sing._, οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ταύτης ἀφροσύνης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.110, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 254, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, 9.82; κοῦφαι ἀ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1230 (Lyric poetry); καταφρόνησιν ἢ.. ἀ. μετωνόμασται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to σωφροσύνη and σοφία, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 332e; συμβαίνει ἡ ἀ. μετὰ ἀκρασίας ἀρετή 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1146a27.] Refs 5th c.BC+]