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sophrosyne

/səˈfɹɒzɪniː/

sophrosyne noun: the Ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, and self-control.

Noun

sophrosyne (uncountable)

  1. The Ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, and self-control.
    • With them the gods were confederated to break barbarian arrogance. Nation and individual citizen, then as now, must reverence sophrosyne.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 89

Proper noun capitalized: Sophrosyne

Sophrosyne

  1. 134 Sophrosyne, a main belt asteroid.

sophrosyne meaning in Tamil and Bengali

sophrosyne in Tamil

தன் கட்டுப்பாடு, தற்கட்டுப்பாடு

sophrosyne in Bengali

মিতব্যয়িতা

Origin of sophrosyne

From Ancient Greek σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē, “soundness of mind, prudence, temperance”) from σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “sane, moderate, prudent”) (from σῶς (sôs, “safe, sound, whole”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”)) + -σύνη (-súnē, abstract noun suffix).

From the Ancient Greek Σωφροσῠ́νη (Sōphrosŭ́nē), from Ancient Greek σωφροσῠ́νη (sōphrosŭ́nē, “prudence”, “temperance”).

Questions about sophrosyne

What does sophrosyne mean?
Sophrosyne means the Ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, and self-control.
What is sophrosyne in Tamil?
Sophrosyne in Tamil is தன் கட்டுப்பாடு, தற்கட்டுப்பாடு. See Sophrosyne meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sophrosyne?
Sophrosyne can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sophrosyne?
Sophrosyne is pronounced /səˈfɹɒzɪniː/.

Words near sophrosyne in the dictionary

  1. Sophronia
  2. sophronize
  3. sophronized
  4. sophronizes
  5. sophronizing
  6. sophrosyne
  7. sophs
  8. sophta
  9. sophtas
  10. sophumer
  11. Sophus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sophrosyne (page history and authors); Sophrosyne (page history and authors); sophrosyne (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sophrosyne (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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