ἐφρόνησα

φρονέω

to be minded: aor ind act 1st sg

φρονέω

to be minded: aor ind act 1st sg

φρον-έω, [dialect] Ep. subj.

A

φρονέῃσι Od.7.75

: [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

φρόνεον Il.17.286

,

φρονέεσκον A.R.4.1164

: [tense] fut.

- ήσω Ar.Ec. 630

(anap.), etc.: [tense] aor.

ἐφρόνησα Hdt.1.60

, A.Eu. 115, etc.: [tense] pf.

πεφρόνηκα Emp.103.1

, Isoc.5.124, D.S.18.66:—[voice] Pass., Arist.Xen. 980a9; imper. φρονείσθω v.l. for φρονεῖτε in Ep.Phil.2.5:—to be minded, either of reflection or of purpose: hence,

I have understanding, be wise, prudent, rare in Hom., ἄριστοι.. μάχεσθαί τε φρονέειν τε best both in battle and counsel, Il. 6.79: but freq. in Trag. and [dialect] Att., [

Ζῆνα] τὸν φρονεῖν βροτοὺς ὁδώσαντα A.Ag. 176

(lyr.);

φρονούντως πρὸς φρονοῦντας ἐννέπεις Id.Supp. 204

, cf. 176;

φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς S.OT 617

;

φρονεῖν οἶδεν μόνη Id.Tr. 313

; λίαν φ. to be over-wise, E.IA 924;

φ. πλέον Pl.Hp.Mi. 371a

;

τὸ φρονεῖν

understanding, prudence,

S.Ant. 1347

(anap.), 1353 (anap.);

κράτιστοι φρονεῖν Antipho 2.1.1

;

καὶ φ. καὶ συμπράττειν X.Cyr.5.5.44

;

εἰδέναι καὶ φ. Pl.Alc.1.133c

;

τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ νοεῖν Id.Phlb. 11b

;

λέγειν τε καὶ φ. Id.Phdr. 266b

, cf. Isoc.4.50;

τῷ φρονεῖν τε καὶ σωφρονεῖν Pl.Lg. 712a

; τὸ μὴ φρονοῦν, of an infant, A.Ch. 753;

ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἤρχετο φ. Is.9.20

;

ἡ φρονοῦσα ἡλικία Aeschin.1.139

: Com. of fish,

ἰχθῦς φρονοῦντας

full-grown,

Ephipp.21.3

;

ζῷον λογικὸν καὶ φρονοῦν Phld.Piet.15

: c. acc., φρονῆσαι τὰ κυριώτατα to be wise in respect of the most important matters, Id.Rh.2.35S.

2 with Advbs., εὖ φρονεῖν think rightly,

περί τινος Hdt.2.16

; to be sane (cf. infr. IV), E.Ba. 851, Ar.Nu. 817, Lys.19.41, etc.;

κέρδιστον εὖ φρονοῦντα μὴ φρονεῖν δοκεῖν A.Pr. 387

;

οἱ φρονοῦντες εὖ κρατοῦσι πανταχοῦ S.Aj. 1252

, cf. El. 394, E.Or.99, al. (but εὖ φρ., also, to be well disposed, v. infr. 11.2); κακῶς, καλῶς φ., Od.18.168, S.OT 600, Ant. 557;

ὀρθῶς φ. And.2.23

;

ὀρθῶς φ. πρός τι A.Pr. 1000

; μῶρα, πλάγια φ., S.Aj. 594, E.IA 332 (troch.).

3 think, Heraclit.113, Parm.16.3, Emp.108.2, cf. Arist.de.An.427a19; ὡς.., ὅτι .., S.Ant.49, OC 872;

φρόνει νιν ὡς ἥξοντα Id.Tr. 289

; mean,

ἄλλα φ. καὶ ἄλλα λέγειν Hdt. 9.54

;

ἕτερα μὲν λέγων, ἕτερα δὲ φρονῶν Din.1.47

;

ὁ μὴ λέγων ἃ φρονεῖ D.18.282

, cf.19.224.

4 feel by experience, know full well,

σοὶ μὲν δοκεῖν ταῦτ' ἔστ', ἐμοὶ δ' ἄγαν φρονεῖν S.Aj. 942

, cf. OC 1741 (lyr.); πειρώμενος ὅ τι φρονέοιεν [τὰ μαντήϊα] to test the knowledge of the oracles, Hdt.1.46.

II to be fain that.., c. acc. et inf., Il.3.98: c. inf., to be minded to do, 9.608, 17.286; without inf., οἱ δ' ἰθὺς φρόνεον [ἰέναι] were minded to go right on ward, 13.135, cf. 12.124; ᾗπερ δὴ φρονέω [τελέσαι] 9.310;

φρονῶν ἔπρασσον

of set purpose,

S.OC 271

: in Prose, mean, intend, τοῦτο φρονεῖ ἡμῶν ἡ.. ἀγωγή this is what your bringing us here means, Th.5.85.

2 freq. with neut. Adj.,

a φ. τινί τινα to have certain thoughts for or towards any one, to be so and so minded towards him, πατρὶ φίλα φρονέων kindly minded towards him, Il.4.219, cf. Od.6.313, etc.;

κακὰ φρονέουσι.. ἀλλήλοισιν Il.22.264

;

τῷ ὀλοὰ φρονέων 16.701

;

μαλακὰ φ. ἐσλοῖς Pi.N.4.95

;

πιστά τινι Id.O.3.17

;

φρονοῦντας ἄριστα αὐτοῖς Ar.Pl. 577

(anap.): with Advbs., εὖ φρονεῖν τισι (cf. supr. 1.2) Od.7.74, cf. A.Ag. 1436, etc.; φρονεῖς εὖ τοῖς ἠγγελμένοις you rejoice at them, Id.Ch. 774; also

εἰς ὑμᾶς εὖ φ. And.2.4

;

τισὶ καλῶς φ. SIG527.38

(Crete, iii B. C.);

τοιαῦτα περί τινος φ. Isoc.3.60

: to be minded so and so, think or purpose such and such things,

ἀγαθὰ φ. Il.6.162

, Od.1.43; φίλα φ. ib. 307;

κακά 17.596

;

τὰ φρονέεις ἅ τ' ἐγώ περ Il.4.361

; κρυπτάδια φ. to have secret purposes, 1.542; ἀταλὰ φ. to be gaily disposed, 18.567, Hes.Th. 989; πυκινὰ φ. have wise thoughts, be cunningly minded, Od.9.445; ἐφημέρια φ. think only of the passing day, 21.85;

θεοῖσιν ἶσα φ. Il.5.441

;

θνητὰ φ. S.Fr. 590

(anap.), E.Alc. 799;

ἀθάνατα Pl.Ti. 90c

;

οὐ κατ' ἄνθρωπον φ. A.Th. 425

, S.Aj. 777;

ἐπὶ ταῖς εὐτυχίαις ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον φ. X.Cyr.8.7.3

;

μηδὲν ὑπὲρ τὴν πήραν φ. Luc. Tim.57

: also

καίρια φ. S.El. 228

(lyr.);

σώφρονα Id.Fr.64

;

οὐ τὰ ἄριστα φ. Th.2.22

;

ἡ πόλις χεῖρον φ. Isoc.8.126

; τυραννικὰ φ. to have tyranny in mind, Ar.V. 507 (troch.); ἀρχαιϊκὰ φ. to have old-fashioned notions, Id.Nu. 821; τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς φ., Ev.Matt.16.23, Ep.Rom.8.5; also οὐ παρδάλιος τόσσον μένος ὅσσον Πάνθου υἷες φρονέουσιν the panther's courage is not so great as is the spirit of the sons of Panthus, Il.17.23.

b esp. freq. in the phrase μέγα φρονεῖν to be high-minded, have high thoughts, to be high-spirited, Il.11.296, 13.156; of lions and boars, 16.758, 11.325, cf. X.Cyr.7.5.62;

φρονεῖ γὰρ ὡς γυνὴ μέγα S.OT 1078

, cf. Lys.2.48, Isoc.4.132; in [dialect] Att., freq. in bad sense, to be presumptuous, ἐφ' ἑαυτῷ, ἑαυτοῖς μέγα φ., Th.6.16, X.HG7.1.27 (also

μεγάλα φ. Ar.Ach. 988

; φ. ἐφ' αὑτῷ τηλικοῦτον ἡλίκον εἰκός .. D.21.62): with [comp] Comp., μεῖζον φ. to have over-high thoughts, X.An.5.6.8 (but simply, pluck up courage,

ἐπὶ τῷ γεγενημένῳ Id.HG3.5.21

);

φ. μεῖζον ἢ κατ' ἄνδρα S.Ant. 768

;

μεῖζον τοῦ δέοντος Isoc.7.7

, cf. 6.34: rarely in pl.,

μείζω τῆς δίκης φ. E.Heracl. 933

; with [comp] Sup.,

οἱ μέγιστον φρονοῦντες Pl.Phdr. 257e

;

ἐφ' ἱππικῇ X.Ages.2.5

; also

μάλιστα φ. ἐπί τινι D.28.2

;

ἐπὶ τοῖς προγόνοις οὐ μεῖον φ. X.Eq.Mag.7.3

, cf. Ap.24; take pride in,

ἐπὶ παιδεύσει μέγα φρονοῦντες Pl.Prt. 342d

;

φ. ἐπὶ τῇ ὥρᾳ θαυμάσιον ὅσον Id.Smp. 217a

; also

φ. εἰς ἡμᾶς μέγα E.Hipp.6

;

περὶ τὸ γράφειν λόγους Aeschin.2.125

; μέγα φ. ὅτι .. X.Cyr.2.3.13;

μέγα φ. ὡς εὖ ἐρῶν Pl.Smp. 198d

; μέγα φ. μὴ ὑπείξειν haughty in their resolution not to.., X.HG5.4.45: later φ. alone, = μέγα φ., φρονήσας ἐφ' αὑτῷ Paus. 1.12.5;

διὰ τὸν πατέρα ἀξιώματι προέχοντα Id.4.1.2

: opp. σμικρὸν φ. to be poor-spirited, S.Aj. 1120;

μικρὸν φ. Isoc.4.151

;

μικρὸν καὶ ταπεινὸν φ. D.13.25

, etc.; ἧσσον, ἔλασσον φ. τινος, E.Andr. 313, Ph. 1128;

φ. ἔλαττον ἢ πρότερον Isoc.12.47

, etc.;

οὐ σμικρὸν φ. ἐς τὰς Ἀθήνας E.Heracl. 386

: also

μετριώτερον πρὸς ἡμᾶς φ. X.Cyr.4.3.7

.

c of those who agree in opinion, τά τινος φρονεῖν to be of another's mind, be on his side or of his party, Hdt.2.162, etc.;

τὰ σὰ φ. Id.7.102

;

εὖ φ. τὰ σά S.Aj. 491

;

φ. τὰ Βρασίδον Ar. Pax 640

(troch.), cf. D.18.161; also ἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα thinking like me, Il.15.50, cf. S.Ant. 374 (lyr.); τὠυτὸ or κατὰ τὠυτὸ φ. to be like -minded, make common cuase, Hdt.1.60, 5.3;

ἐμοὶ φ. ξυνῳδά Ar.Av. 635

(lyr.): opp. ἀμφὶς φ. think differently, Il.13.345; ἄλλῃ φ. think another way, h.Ap. 469.

III comprehend,

γιγνώσκω, φρονέω Od.16.136

, al.: more freq. c. acc., to be well aware of.., τὰ φρονέουσ' ἀνὰ θυμόν, ἃ .. 2.116; οὐκ ὄπιδα φρονέοντες ἐνὶ φρεσίν paying no heed to it, 14.82; φ. τὴν ἡμέραν pay regard to it, Ep.Rom.14.6; consider, ponder, Il.2.36, 18.4, al.

IV to be in possession of one's senses, sts. almost = ζῆν, to be sensible, be alive, ἐμὲ τὸν δύστηνον ἔτι φρονέοντ' ἐλέησον, for ἔτι ζῶντα, Il.22.59;

θανόντι δ', οὐ φρονοῦντι, δειλαία χάρις ἐπέμπετο A.Ch. 517

;

ἐν τῷ φ. γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος S.Aj. 554

;

μηδὲ ζῆν.., μηδὲ φρονεῖν Pl.Sph. 249a

; but also, to be in one's senses or right wits, φρονοῦντα, opp. μεμηνότα, S.Aj.82, cf. 344;

ἔξω ἐλαύνειν τινὰ τοῦ φρονεῖν E.Ba. 853

;

φρονεῖς ὀρθὰ κοὐ μαίνῃ Id.Med. 1129

;

ἐξεστηκὼς τοῦ φρονεῖν Isoc.5.18

;

τὰ φαλάγγια τοῦ φ. ἐξίστησι X. Mem.1.3.12

;

οὐκ ἂν παρείμην οἷσι μὴ δοκῶ φρονεῖν S.OC 1666

;

ἐγὼ νῦν φρονῶ τότ' οὐ φρονῶν E.Med. 1329

; φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς though in thy wits thou'rt nothing wise, Id.Ba. 332 (for εὖ φ. v. supr.1.2);

ὁρώντων, φρονούντων, βλεπόντων ὑμῶν Aeschin.3.94

: ζῶν καὶ φρονῶν alive and in his right mind, freq. in Inscrr., IGRom.1.804 ([place name] Perinthus), etc.; ζῶν καὶ φρενῶν (sic) Jahresh.23 Beibl. 206 (ibid.), Rev.Arch.21 (1925).240 ([place name] Callatis);

νοῶν καὶ φρονῶν Test.Epict.1.2

, PPetr.3p.4 (iii B.C.).

φρονέω (s. φρήν) impf. ἐφρόνουν; fut. φρονήσω; 1 aor. ἐφρόνησα; pf. 1 pl. πεφρονήκαμεν (Ath. 10, 1) (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestJob 48:2; EpArist 236; Philo, Joseph., Ar., Just., Ath.)

① to have an opinion with regard to someth., think, form/hold an opinion, judge ἐφρόνουν ὡς νήπιος I thought like a child 1 Cor 13:11 (schol. on Apollon. Rhod. 4, 868a νηπίου ὄντος καὶ νήπια φρονοῦντος). καθὼς φρονοῦσιν as their opinion is ISm 2. καλῶς καὶ ἀληθῶς φρονεῖς your judgment is right and true Hm 3:4 (εὖ φρ. Hippol., Ref. 10, 32, 4). ταῦτα φρονεῖν 9:12. ἃ φρονεῖς the views that you hold Ac 28:22 (Just., D. 80, 2 ἕτερα λέγειν παρʼ ἃ φρονῶ). πολλὰ φρονῶ ἐν θεῷ many thoughts are mine when I take God’s view of things (so Kleist) ITr 4:1. φρονεῖν τι ὑπέρ τινος think or feel in a certain way about someone Phil 1:7. ὑπέρ τινος φρ. think of someone in the sense be concerned about him 4:10a; cp. 10b. φρ. περί τινος think of or about someone (Wsd 14:30; Just., D. 3, 7; Ath. 24, 1; περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ Theoph. Ant. 1, 1 [p. 58, 15]) 2:1a. φρ. τι περί τινος think someth. concerning someone (Isocr. 3, 60; Polyaenus 5, 2, 13; Lucian, Dial. Mort. 20, 5; Jos., Ant. 12, 125, C. Ap. 2, 168; Ar. 8, 1; Just., D. 48, 1) ISm 5:2. φρ. μικρὰ περί τινος think little of someone 2 Cl 1:2 (Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 256 φρ. περὶ μοναρχίας τὰ ἄριστα); cp. 1:1b. On ἵνα ἀδελφὸς ἰδὼν ἀδελφὴν οὐδὲν φρονῇ περὶ αὐτῆς θηλυκόν 12:5a s. θηλυκός; cp. 12:5b. θεὸν δεσπότην φρ. think of God as Master Dg 3:2 (s. φρονίμως). οὐδὲν ἄλλο φρ. think nothing different, not take a different view Gal 5:10 (Hdt. 7, 205, 3 ἄλλα φρ.; Jos., Bell. 5, 326 φρ. οὐδὲν ὑγιές). τοῦτο φρ. Phil 3:15a; τὶ ἑτέρως φρ. think of or regard someth. differently 15b; τὸ αὐτὸ φρ. think the same thing, i.e. be in agreement, live in harmony (Hdt. 1, 60, 2; Dio Chrys. 17 [34], 20; Just., D. 65, 2 τὸ αὐτὸ φρ…. ἐμοί; OGI 669, 36.—Opp.: ἀνόμοια φρ. Iren. 1, Pr. 2 [Harv. I 4, 5f]) 2 Cor 13:11; Phil 2:2a; 3:16 v.l.; 4:2; 2 Cl 17:3. τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν ἐν ἀλλήλοις Ro 15:5; εἰς ἀλλήλους 12:16a. Also τὰ αὐτὰ φρ. (Hdt. 5, 72, 2; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 65 §295 τὰ αὐτὰ ἐφρόνουν) Hs 9, 13, 7. τὸ ἓν φρ. Phil 2:2b.— Cherish thoughts μὴ ὑπερφρονεῖν παρʼ ὸ̔ δεῖ φρονεῖν not to think more of oneself than one ought to think Ro 12:3a. Cp. 1 Cor 4:6 v.l. (cp. Diod S 27, 6, 2 τοὺς ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον φρονοῦντας). ὑψηλὰ φρονεῖν be proud Ro 11:20; 1 Ti 6:17 v.l.

② to give careful consideration to someth., set one’s mind on, be intent on, foll. by the acc. (Brutus, Ep. 14 τὰ σὰ φρ.)

ⓐ gener. ἀγαθὰ φρ. Hm 10, 3, 1. τὸ καλὸν φρ. Hs 5, 2, 7. τέλεια ISm 11:3. τὰ ὑψηλά Ro 12:16b (cp. 2 Macc 9:12). τὰ ἐπίγεια (Did., Gen. 50, 27; Theoph. Ant. 2, 17 [p. 142, 6]) Phil 3:19. τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς Col 3:2 (opp. τὰ ἄνω; TestJob 48:2 τὰ τῆς γῆς φρ.).

ⓑ φρ. τά τινος take someone’s side, espouse someone’s cause (Diod S 13, 48, 4 and 7 ἐφρόνουν τὰ Λακεδαιμονίων; 13, 72, 1; 14, 32, 4; 20, 35, 2 and oft.; Appian, Liby. 70 §316, Bell. Civ. 3, 85, §351; Polyaenus 8, 14, 3 τὰ Ῥωμαίων φρ., cp. HAlmqvist, Plut. u. das NT ’46, 56; Herodian 8, 6, 6; 1 Macc 10:20; Jos., Ant. 14, 450 οἱ τὰ Ἡρῴδου φρονοῦντες). τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ (opp. τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων) Mt 16:23; Mk 8:33. τὰ τῆς σαρκός (opp. τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος) Ro 8:5.

ⓒ of acknowledging the importance of someth. ὁ φρονῶν τὴν ἡμέραν κυρίῳ φρονεῖ the one who is intent on the day (i.e. a particular day rather than others) in honor of the Lord Ro 14:6. φρ. εἰς τὸ σωφρονεῖν 12:3b.

③ to develop an attitude based on careful thought, be minded/disposed τοῦτο φρονεῖτε ἐν ὑμῖν ὸ̔ καὶ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ let the same kind of thinking dominate you as dominated Christ Jesus Phil 2:5 (Christ went so far as to devoid himself of his divine status for the benefit of humanity; the opp. of φρονεῖν μέγα, ‘to think presumptuously’, s. Reader, Polemo 216f on the theme of hybris). Or, have the same thoughts among yourselves as you have in your communion with Christ Jesus (so CDodd, The Apost. Preaching ’37, 106f).—B. 1198. DELG s.v. φρήν II. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.