Σωφροσύνη
neutrality, prudence
Translated by David Whitehead10 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] privateness in Thucydides and passiveness.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σωφροσύνη· ἡ ἰδιωτεία παρὰ Θουκυδίδῃ καὶ ἡ ἀπραγμοσύνη.
Betacode
*swfrosu/nh: h( i)diwtei/a para\ *qoukudi/dh| kai\ h( a)pragmosu/nh.
Notes
- From the scholia to Thucydides 1.32.4 (web address 1), where the Corcyreans in their speech use the headword noun about themselves and their neutrality (hitherto) as between the Athenian and Spartan alliances.
For this headword see also sigma 891, sigma 892.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- σ891Σωφροσύνηmoderation, self-controlAnother [virtue] compared to the virtue of citizenship, and a greater one; we use the same word for a kind of agreement and harmony of the desiring and the calculating faculties. 'For in respect of moderation I myself…
- σ892Σωφροσύνηmoderation, temperanceSome people define this metaphorically as 'symphony'. Temperance is a quality and a disposition of character; but symphony strictly [applies] to a melody; and it is one of the things that are relative. Symphony is also…
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