φρόν-ημα, ατος, τό,
mind, spirit, ἔστ᾽ ἂν Διὸς φ. λωφήσῃ χόλου [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 378; Αἰσχύλου φ. ἔχων 5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 14 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; with limiting epithets, φ. δύσθεον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 191; ὑπέρτολμον [prev. work] 595 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὠμόν [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 537; ἐλεύθερον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 865d; τυραννικόν [prev. author] “R.” 573b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 15.8: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.54. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 thought, purpose, will, φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 354 (Lyric poetry); ψυχὴ καὶ φ. καὶ γνώμη [prev. work] 176, compare 207 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ φ. τῆς σαρκός, τοῦ πνεύματος, [[ NT.Rom.8.6: frequently in _plural_, καρτεροῖς φρονήμασι] NT] with stubborn thoughts, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 209; ματαίων.. φρονημάτων ἡ γλῶσσ᾽ ἀληθὴς γίγνεται κατήγορος [prev. author] “Th.” 438; ἐμπέδοις φ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 169 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σκλήρ᾽ ἄγαν φ.[[ [prev. work] 473; τὰ φ. ἀληθινὰ καὶ πάντῃ μεγάλα ἐκέκτηντο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II either in good or bad sense,
__II.1 high spirit, resolution, pride, τὸ Ἀθηναίων φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, compare 9.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].; ἀνδρί γε φ. ἔχοντι to a man of spirit, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; φ. τε καὶ πίστις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1313b2; φ. ἔχων ἐλεύθερον [prev. work] 1314a3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; courage, opposed to δειλία, [[ 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.59c (_plural_); δουλοῖ τὸ φ. τὸ αἰφνίδιον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]future infinitive, ἐν φρονήματι ὄντες τῆς Πελοποννήσου ἡγήσεσθαι aspiring to be leaders of the P., [[ [prev. author] 5.40 ] Refs]: frequently in plural, high thoughts, proud designs, διασείσειν τὰ Ἀθηναίων φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109, compare 3.122, 125, 9.54; οὐ.. ξυμφέρει τοῖς ἄρχουσι φ. μεγάλα ἐγγίγνεσθαι τῶν ἀρχομένων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c, compare 190b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.89; Ζεύς τοι κολαστὴς τῶν ὑπερκόμπων ἄγαν φ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 828; τῶν φ. ὁ Ζεὺς κολαστὴς τῶν ἄγαν ὑπερφρόνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 387. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]