Σωφρονεῖς

you are being prudent

Translated by William Hutton16 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions

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Meaning you have only just changed course, or you are speaking well. Aristophanes in Plutus [sc. uses the word].1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σωφρονεῖς· ἀντὶ τοῦ μόλις ἐστράφης, ἢ καλῶς λέγεις. Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ.

Betacode
*swfronei=s: a)nti\ tou= mo/lis e)stra/fhs, h)\ kalw=s le/geis. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, drawn from the passage cited (n. 1), is present indicative active, second person singular, of the verb swfrone/w. For related words see sigma 882 and sigma 884 through sigma 894.
  2. 1Aristophanes, Plutus (Wealth) 1119 (web address 1), with comments derived from the scholia thereto. ↩

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σ881ΣώφιλοςSophilos, Sophilusσ882Σωφρονεῖνto be prudentσ883Σωφρονεῖςyou are being prudentσ884Σωφρονίζω σεI discipline youσ885Σωφρονικῶςtemperately, with self-control
Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Mar 2022
  1. added a link — Catharine Roth
  2. another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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