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ἔμφρων , ον, gen. ονος, (φρήν)
A.in one's mind or senses, sensible: opp.,
1. to one mad, σε Ζεὺς τίθησιν ἔμφρονα<*> brings thee to thy senses, A.Pr.848; “ἔ. εἰμί” Id.Ch.1026; ἔ. καθίσταμαι I come to myself, S.Aj.306; ποιητὴς . . “οὐκ ἔ. ἐστίν” Pl.Lg.719c; ἀντὶ μανικῶν . . ἑξεις ἔμφρονας ἔχειν ib.791b.
2. to one dead, ἔτ᾽ ἔ. S.Ant.1237, cf. Antipho 2.3.2; ἔ. γίγνεσθαι to recover from a swoon or lethargy, Hp.Coac.136.
3. to one asleep, S.E.M.7.129.
II. rational, intelligent, ζῷα ἔ., opp. εἴδωλα ἄφρ., X.Mem.1.4.4; also ζωή, βίος ἔ., Pl.R.521a, Ti.36e; “ἡ πρεσβυτῶν ἔ. παιδιά” Id.Lg.769a; “τέχνη -εστέρα” Arist.Rh.1359b6; ὅταν ἐς ἥβην ἐξικώμεθ᾽ ἔμφρονες when we come to years of discretion, prob. in S.Fr.583.6.
2. sensible, prudent, Thgn.1126, Pi.O.9.74, S.OT436; “ἔ. σωφροσύνη” Th.1.84; ἔ. περί τι wise about or in a thing, Pl.Lg.809d; τῶν δημιουργῶν ἢ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἐ. ἀνδρῶν experts, Id.Hipparch.226c. Adv. -όνως sensibly, wisely, Id.R.396d, al., Antiph.104: Comp. “-έστερον” Phalar.Ep.67.3: Sup. “-έστατα” Plu.Ant.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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