σωφρονισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σωφρονῐ́ζω (sōphronízō, “to chasten”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.pʰro.niz.mós/ → /so.ɸro.nizˈmos/ → /so.fro.nizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.pʰro.niz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.pʰro.nizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.ɸro.nizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.fro.nizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.fro.nizˈmos/

Noun

σωφρονῐσμός • (sōphronismós) m (genitive σωφρονῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. teaching of morality or moderation

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σωφρονῐσμός; τοῦ σωφρονῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σωφρονῐσμός ho sōphronismós	τὼ σωφρονῐσμώ tṑ sōphronismṓ	οἱ σωφρονῐσμοί hoi sōphronismoí
Genitive	τοῦ σωφρονῐσμοῦ toû sōphronismoû	τοῖν σωφρονῐσμοῖν toîn sōphronismoîn	τῶν σωφρονῐσμῶν tôn sōphronismôn
Dative	τῷ σωφρονῐσμῷ tôi sōphronismôi	τοῖν σωφρονῐσμοῖν toîn sōphronismoîn	τοῖς σωφρονῐσμοῖς toîs sōphronismoîs
Accusative	τὸν σωφρονῐσμόν tòn sōphronismón	τὼ σωφρονῐσμώ tṑ sōphronismṓ	τοὺς σωφρονῐσμούς toùs sōphronismoús
Vocative	σωφρονῐσμέ sōphronismé	σωφρονῐσμώ sōphronismṓ	σωφρονῐσμοί sōphronismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σωφρονισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σωφρονισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette