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σωφρον-έω , poet. σα^οφ- Opp.H.3.446, AP5.301.11 (Agath.):—
A.to be sound of mind, Hdt.3.35, Ev.Marc.5.15, Gal.15.449; “ὃς ἦν φορητὸς οὐδὲ σωφρονῶν” Babr.90.4.
2. to be temperate, moderate, show self-control, Heraclit.112,116 (v.l.), A.Pr.982, Pers.829, IG12.22.69, Antipho 2.2.5, Th.8.24, Pl.Phdr.244a, X.Cyr.8.1.30; τὸ σωφρονεῖν, = σωφροσύνη, A.Ag.1425, cf. 181, Ar.Nu.1061, 1071; ἐς Ἀφροδίτην ς. E.IA1159, cf. Ba.314 (s. v.l.); “περὶ τοὺς θεούς” X.Mem.1.1.20; of soldiers, ς. καὶ εὐτακτεῖν ib.3.5.21, cf. Lys.12.47; “ς. καὶ ὁμονοεῖν” And.1.109; opp. ὑπερφρονέω, Ep.Rom.12.3: with a part., “πέμποντες σωφρονοῖμεν ἄν” Pl.Men.90d.
3. come to one's senses, learn moderation, Hdt.3.64; “ς. ὑπὸ στένει” A.Eu.521 (lyr.); σωφρονοῦντες ἐν χρόνῳ ib.1000 (lyr.); οὐ σωφρονήσεις; S.Aj.1259; “ἐσωφρόνησας” Id.Ph.1259; σεσωφρονηκώς when he had recovered his senses, Pl. Phdr.241b.
4. Pass., τὰ σεσωφρονημένα ἐν τῷ βίῳ μοι things I had done with discretion, Aeschin.2.4.
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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