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φρήν , , gen. φρενός, pl. φρένες, gen. φρενῶν, dat. φρεσί: older dat. pl. φρασίν) IG12.971 (vi B. C.), Pi.N.3.62, BMus.Inscr.909 (Halic., i B. C.): (v. sub fin.):
2. heart, as seat of the passions, e.g. of fear, “τρομέοντο δέ οἱ φρένες ἐντόςIl.10.10; of joy and grief, “φρένα τέρπεσθαι φόρμιγγι9.186; “γάνυται φρένα ποιμήν13.493; “τί σε φρένας ἵκετοπένθος;1.362; “ἄχος πύκασε φρένας8.124; “ἔρως φρένας ἀμφεκάλυψε3.442; of anger, Od.6.147; of courage, “ἕνα φρεσὶ θυμὸν ἔχοντεςIl. 13.487; “ἐς φρένα θυμὸς ἀγέρθη22.475, cf. 8.202, etc.; of bodily appetites, such as hunger, etc., 11.89: the shades of the dead are without it, “ψυχὴ καὶ εἴδωλον, ἀτὰρ φρένες οὐκ ἔνι πάμπαν23.104 (exc. the shade of Teiresias, Od.10.493): so generally in Poets, “φρενὸς ἔνδοθεν ἄλγεα κεῖταιSol. ap. Arist.Ath.5.2; “κῆλα δαιμόνων θέλγει φρέναςPi.P.1.12; “φόβος μ᾽ ἔχει φρέναςA.Supp.379; “μαινομένα φρενίId.Th.484 (lyr.); “στυγεῖν μιᾷ φρενίId.Eu.986 (lyr.); “Διὸς γὰρ δυσπαραίτητοι φ.Id.Pr.34; ἐκ φρενός from one's very heart, ἐκ φρενὸς λόγος a sincere speech, Id.Ch.107; “ἐτύμως δακρυχέων ἐκ φρενόςId.Th.919 (lyr.); οὐκ ἀπ᾽ ἄκρας φρενός not superficially and carelessly, Id.Ag.805 (anap.); φρενὸς ἐκ φιλίας ib.1515 (anap.), cf. 546; φῦσαι φρένας to produce a haughty spirit, S.El.1463.
3. mind, as seat of the mental faculties, perception, thought, “ἔγνω ᾗσιν ἐνὶ φ.Il.22.296; “μή μοι ταῦτα νόει φρεσί9.600; μετὰ φρεσὶ μερμηρίξαι, βάλλεσθαι, Od.10.438, Il.9.434; “ἴδμεν ἐνὶ φρεσίν2.301; τῷ γὰρ ἐπὶ φρεσί θῆκε put in his mind, suggested it, 1.55; “σφῶϊν δ᾽ ὧδε θεῶν τις ἐνὶ φρεσὶ ποιήσειεν13.55; ἐν φρεσὶ θέσθε ἕκαστος ib.121, cf. 1.297, etc.; φρένας παραπεῖσαι, πείθειν, 7.120, 16.842; ἐπιγνάμπτει φρένας (v.l. for νόον)“ ἐσθλῶν9.514; “Διὸς ἐτράπετο φρήν10.45; ἀνὴρ φρένας ἀφνειός rich (only) in his imagination, Hes.Op.455; ὀρθᾷ, ἐλευθέρᾳ φρενί, Pi.O.8.24, P.2.57; “φρένες γὰρ αὐτοῦ θυμὸν ᾠακοστρόφουνA.Pers. 767; “ γλῶσσ᾽ ὀμώμοχ᾽, δὲ φ. ἀνώμοτοςE.Hipp.612; “κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμόνIl.1.193, al.: pl., wits,Κύκλωπα περὶ φρένας ἤλυθε οἶνοςOd.9.362, cf.454, 18.331; “πλήγη φρένας ἂς πάρος εἶχενIl.13.394; “ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας16.403; “βλάπτε φρένας Ζεὺς ἡμετέρας15.724; “ἐξ . . . τοι θεοὶ φρένας ὤλεσαν7.360; φρένας ἄφρων, φρένας ἠλέ or ἠλεέ, 4.104, 15.128, Od.2.243: of losing one's wits, φρενῶν ἀφεστάναι, ἐκστῆναι, μεθεστάναι, S.Ph.865, E.Or.1021, Ba.944; “τὰς φ. ἐκβάλλεινS.Ant.648; “ἔξω φρενῶνPi.O.7.47; “φρενῶν οὐκ ἔνδον ὤνE.Heracl. 709; “φρενῶν κεκομμένοςA.Ag.479 (lyr.); “κενόςS.Ant.754; “τητώμενοιId.El.1326; ἔξεδροι, παράκοποι, E.Hipp.935, Ba.33; “ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἶ φρενῶν;S.El.390; “φρένες διάστροφοιA.Pr.673, S.Aj.447; “μαργότης φρενῶνId.Fr.846; “ἀνακίνησις φρενῶνId.OT727, etc.; of persons in their senses, “ἐπήβολος φρενῶνId.Ant.492; “ἀνδρὸς νοῦν ἔχοντος καὶ φρέναςAr.Ra.535 (lyr.) (so in later Prose, “οἱ φρένας ἔχοντεςPhld.Po.5.19, Rh.1.240S.; οἱ τῶν σοφιστῶν τὰς κοινὰς φ. ἔχοντες ib.202S.); also “ἔσω φρενῶν λέγεινA.Ag.1052; “γράφου φρενῶν ἔσωS.Ph.1325; “τῆς λεπτότητος τῶν φ.Ar.Nu.153; φρένες, opp. σῶμα, Hdt.3.134; so “αἱ σάρκες αἱ κεναὶ φρενῶνE.El.387; attributed to animals, “μετὰ φρεσὶ γίγνεται ἀλκήIl.4.245, cf. 16.157, etc.—The word is not common in early Prose, “τίς αὐτῶν νόος φρήν;Heraclit.104; συμφορὰ τῶν φ., i.e. madness, And.2.7; “παραλλάττει τῶν φ.Lys.Fr.90; “καρποῦ μὲν ἀφθονία φρενῶν δὲ ἀφορίαX.Smp.4.55; “νοῦς καὶ φρένεςD.18.324, cf. 25.33.
4. will, purpose,οὔ τι Διὸς βέομαι φρεσίνIl.15.194; “σῆς ἀπεστάτουν φ.S.Ant.993, cf.OC1182.—In usage there is little or no distinction observable between sg. and pl., but the sg. is not found in Prose (exc. Heraclit. l.c.) or Com. (exc. in paratrag., Ar. Ra.886).
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