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φρόν-ησις , εως, ἡ,
A.purpose, intention, S.OT664 (lyr.); “φρόνησιν λαβεῖν λῴω ἡμῖν” Id.Ph.1078.
2. thought, ἰδία φ., opp. λόγος ξυνός, Heraclit. 2; “φ. ἔχειν” Emp.110.10, cf. Arist.Metaph. 1009b18.
3. sense, “εἴ τις ἄρα τοῖς ἐκεῖ φ. περὶ τῶν ἐνθάδε γιγνομένων” Isoc.14.61.
4. judgment, “κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φ. οὐδεὶς εὐτυχεῖ” Men. Mon.306.
5. arrogance, pride, E.Supp.216; also in good sense, “τὸ φῦναι πατρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο ὅσην ἔχει φρόνησιν” just pride, Id.Fr. 739.
II. practical wisdom, prudence in government and affairs, Pl. Smp.209a, Arist.EN1140a24, 1141b23, Isoc.12.204,217, Plu.2.97e, etc.; “φιλοσοφίας τιμιώτερον ὑπάρχει φ.” Epicur.Ep.3p.64U.: opp. ἀμαθία, Pl.Smp.202a; opp. σῶμα, Id.R.461a; opp. ῥώμη, Isoc.1.6; “φρόνησιν ἀσκεῖν” X.Mem.1.2.10, Isoc.1.40, cf. 15.209: pl., “ἡδοναὶ καὶ φρονήσεις” Pl.Phlb.63a; “ἡλικίαι καὶ φ.” Id.Lg.665d; also attributed to sagacious animals, Arist.GA753a12, HA608a15.
III. Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar.14.
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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