sophron
sophron adjective: of a sound and well-balanced mind; moderate, prudent, sensible, reasonable.
Adjective
sophron (comparative more sophron, superlative most sophron)
- Of a sound and well-balanced mind; moderate, prudent, sensible, reasonable.
- As a young gentleman, Charmides was expected to be sophron, self- restrained in his moral behavior, and we learn in the prologue that he so well fulfills this expectation that he is regarded as the most moderate [sophronestatos, 157d6) of the young men of his generation.1998, Walter T. Schmid, Plato's Charmides and the Socratic Ideal of Rationality, page 11
- Even if, the argument notwithstanding, quiet deeds should somehow emerge as more beautiful and not fewer in number “in walking and speaking or anywhere else,” even given this, the quiet life would be no more sophron than the non-quiet.2015, David Lawrence Levine, Profound Ignorance: Plato's Charmides and the Saving of Wisdom
Forms of sophron
| comparative | more sophron |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sophron |
Origin of sophron
From Ancient Greek σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “sane, moderate, prudent”) (from σῶς (sôs, “safe, sound, whole”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”)).
Questions about sophron
- What does sophron mean?
- Sophron means of a sound and well-balanced mind; moderate, prudent, sensible, reasonable.
- What part of speech is sophron?
- Sophron is an adjective.
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