Σωφρονίζω σε

I discipline you

Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

dialects, grammar, and etymology

5 words

[i.e. Used] with an accusative.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σωφρονίζω σε· αἰτιατικῇ.

Betacode

*swfroni/zw se: ai)tiatikh=|.

Notes

One of the grammatical entries where the gloss is already implicit in the headword. For this verb cf. sigma 886, sigma 887.

Linked from3 entries

σ883Σωφρονεῖςyou are being prudentMeaning you have only just changed course, or you are speaking well. Aristophanes in Plutus [sc. uses the word].
σ886ΣωφρονισθένταςchastenedMeaning [them] reduced. "[Them] exhausted and chastened by their recent defeats."
σ887ΣωφρονῶI exercize self-discipline['I exercize self-discipline'] myself; but 'I discipline' someone else. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] 'disciplinarians'.

Neighbouring entries

σ882Σωφρονεῖνto be prudent σ883Σωφρονεῖςyou are being prudent σ884Σωφρονίζω σεI discipline you σ885Σωφρονικῶςtemperately, with self-control σ886Σωφρονισθένταςchastened

Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Dec 2013

31 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2004another x-ref — David Whitehead
28 Dec 2004set status — Catharine Roth
10 Dec 2002Translated — David Whitehead