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σωφροσύνη [υ^], Dor. σωφρον-ύνα , Ep. and poet. σα^οφροσύνη (as in Hom. and in later poetry, IG22.3632.11, 3753), ἡ,
A.soundness of mind, prudence, discretion, Od.23.13; in pl., ib.30; the common form first in Thgn.379, 701, 1138, Epich.101; “αἰδὼς σωφροσύνης πλεῖστον μετέχει” Th.1.84; “ς. λαβεῖν” Id.8.64; sanity, opp. μανία, X.Mem. 1.1.16, cf. Act.Ap.26.25.
2. moderation in sensual desires, selfcontrol, temperance, Democr.210, Ar.Nu.962 (anap.), Pl.563 (anap.), And.1.131, Pl.Phdr.237e, etc.; “ς. τὸ κρατεῖν ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν” Id.Smp.196c; ς. τὸ περὶ τὰς γυναῖκας (sc. ἔργον) Arist.Pol.1263b9, cf. EN1117b23, Pl.Phd.68c, R.430e sq., 1 Ep.Ti.2.9.
3. in a political sense, a moderate form of government, Th.8.64.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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