Sophrosyne

See also: sophrosyne

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Σωφροσῠ́νη (Sōphrosúnē), from Ancient Greek σωφροσῠ́νη (sōphrosúnē, “prudence”, “temperance”).

Proper noun

Sophrosyne

1. (astronomy) 134 Sophrosyne, a main belt asteroid.

Related terms

• sophron
• sophrosyne

Translations

134 Sophrosyne, the main belt asteroid

Further reading

• Sophrosyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 134 Sophrosyne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Σωφροσῠ́νη (Sōphrosúnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soːˈpʰro.sy.neː/, [s̠oːˈpʰrɔs̠ʏneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈfro.si.ne/, [soˈfrɔːs̬ine]

Proper noun

Sōphrosynē f sg (genitive Sōphrosynēs); first declension

1. Dionysius the Elder’s daughter
   • ante 25 BC, Cornelius Nepos (author), Alfredus Fleckeisen (editor), De Vita Dionis in Cornelii Nepotis Vitae (1890), part X: “Dion”, ¶ 1, § 1, page 37:

     Dion, Hipparini filius, Syracusanus, nobili genere natus, utraque implicatus tyrannide Dionysiorum. namque ille superior Aristomachen, sororem Dionis, habuit in matrimonio, ex qua duos filios, Hipparinum et Nisaeum, procreavit totidemque filias, nomine Sophrosynen et Areten, quarum priorem Dionysio filio, eidem cui regnum reliquit, nuptum dedit, alteram, Areten, Dioni.

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sōphrosynē
Genitive	Sōphrosynēs
Dative	Sōphrosynae
Accusative	Sōphrosynēn
Ablative	Sōphrosynē
Vocative	Sōphrosynē

References

• Sōphrŏsy̆nē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,458/2.