φρόν-ησις, εως, ἡ,
purpose, intention, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 664 (Lyric poetry); φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω ἡμῖν [prev. author] “Ph.” 1078. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 thought, ἰδία φ., opposed to λόγος ξυνός, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 2; φ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 110.10, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1009b18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 sense, εἴ τις ἄρα τοῖς ἐκεῖ φ. περὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε γιγνομένων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.61. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 judgment, κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φ. οὐδεὶς εὐτυχεῖ [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 306. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 arrogance, pride, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 216 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in good sense, τὸ φῦναι πατρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο ὅσην ἔχει φρόνησιν just pride, [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 739. ] Refs]
__II practical wisdom, prudence in government and affairs, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 209a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1140a24, 1141b23, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.204,217, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.97e, etc.; φιλοσοφίας τιμιώτερον ὑπάρχει φ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.64U.: opposed to ἀμαθία, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 202a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to σῶμα, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 461a ] Refs]; opposed to ῥώμη, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.6; φρόνησιν ἀσκεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.40, compare 15.209: _plural_, ἡδοναὶ καὶ φρονήσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 63a; ἡλικίαι καὶ φ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 665d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also attributed to sagacious animals, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 753a12, “HA” 608a15. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]