σωφρον-ίζω,
recall a person to his senses, chasten, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 209, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 478d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.16, etc.; ἡ τοιαύτη ἧττα σωφρονίζειν ἱκανή [prev. work] 3.1.20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς πονηροτάτους αἱ συμφοραὶ σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.93: followed by ] Refs 4th c.BC+]infinitive, ἵνα σωφρονίζωσιν τὰς νέας φιλάνδρους εἶναι κτλ. [[ NT.Tit.2.4 ] NT]:—passive, to be chastened, learn self-control, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.19, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of passions, things, etc., σ. τὸ θυμούμενον τῆς γνώμης [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τὴν λαγνείαν λιμῷ σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀμπνοὰς σ. to pant less violently, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 869 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν τι ἐς εὐτέλειαν σ. to reduce the expenses of government at home, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]