σωφροσύνη, σωφροσύνης, ἡ (σώφρων), fr; Homer (where σαοφροσυνη) down; a. soundness of mind (opposed to μανία, Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 16; Plato, Prot., p. 323 b.): ῤήματα σωφροσύνης, words of sanity (A. V. soberness), Act_26:25. b. self-control, sobriety (ea virtus, cujus propriam est, motus animi appetentes regere et sedare semperque adversantem libidini moderntam in omni re servare constantiam, Cicero, Tusc. 3, 8, 17; ἡ σωφροσύνη ἐστι καί ἡδονῶν τινων καί ἐπιθυμιῶν ἐγκράτεια, Plato, rep. 4, 430 e.; cf. Phaedo, p. 68 c.; sympos., p. 196c.; (Diogenes Laërtius 3, 91; 4Ma_1:31; σωφροσύνη δέ ἀρετή δἰ ἥν πρός τάς ἡδονάς τοῦ σώματος οὕτως ἔχουσιν ὡς ὁ νόμος κελευει, ἀκολασία δέ τοὐναντίον, Aristotle, rhet. 1, 9, 9): 1Ti_2:15; joined with αἰδώς (as in Xenophon, Cyril 8, 1, 30f) ibid. 9; (cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xx., and see αἰδώς).

σωφροσύνη sōphrosynē 3 x sanity, soundness of mind, a sane mind, Act_26:25 ; female modesty, 1Ti_2:9 ; 1Ti_2:15

** σωφροσύνη , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX : Ezr_3:13 , Wis_8:7 , 2Ma_4:37 , 4Ma_6:1-35 * ;] (a) soundness of mind, good sense, sanity ( opp . to μανία , Xen .): Act_26:25 ; (b) self-control, sobriety: 1Ti_2:9 ( v. Tr., Syn. , § xx), 1Ti_2:15 .†

σωφροσύνη [page 622] In an Imperial Edict regarding the remission of the aurum coronarium , P Fay 20 (iv/A.D.), the Emperor Julian (see Archiv ii. p. 169) claims that, ever since he became Caesar, he had striven to restore vigour to what was in decline, 14 οὐχ ὅρων ζητήσεσιν ἀλλὰ σωφρο [σύνῃ ], μόνον οὐ πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον γινομένων ἀναλωμάτων , not by acquisitions of territory (?) but by economy, limiting expenditure to public purposes (Edd.). Later in the same document the word is used in the more general sense of discretion, .21 μετὰ τοσαύτης κοσμιότητος καὶ σωφροσύνης καὶ ἐγκρατείας τὰ τῆς βασιλείας διοικοῦντα , acting with so much propriety and discretion and moderation in the administration of his kingdom (Edd.) : cf. Act_26:25 . With this may be compared a sepulchral inscr. from Egypt published in Archiv v. p. 169, in which a certain woman Seratks records the good sense of her mother and brother ὧν καὶ ἡ σωφροσύνη κατὰ τὸν κόσμον λελάληται . See also Syll 344/5 (= .3 757/8) .6 (B.C. 49 8), an inscr. in honour of Cornelia διά τε τὴν περὶ αὐτὴν σωφροσύνην καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον εὔνοιαν , and Preisigke 5037 ἐκτανύσασα σωφροσύνῃ καὶ φιλανδρίᾳ . With the meaning self-control in 2Ti_2:9 may be compared the application to chastity in BGU IV. 1024 viii. 15 (cited s.v . πενιχρός ). Add Aristeas 237, 248, and see A. C. Pearson Verbal Scholarship , p. 21.

σωφροσύνη σωφροσύνη, doric -ύνα, epic σα^οφροσύνη, ἡ, "soundness of mind, moderation, discretion", Od. , Theogn. , attic "moderation in desires, self-control, temperance, chastity, sobriety", Lat. temperantia, modestia, Ar. , Plat. , etc. [Etym: from σώφρων]

σωφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Est.3:13, Wis.8:7, 2Ma.4:37, 4Ma.6:1-35 * ;] __(a) soundness of mind, good sense, sanity (opposite to μανία, Xen.): Act.26:25; __(b) self-control, sobriety: 1Ti.2:9 (see Tr., Syn., § xx), 1Ti.2:15.† (AS)