φρήν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φράν (phrán) — Doric

Etymology

Perhaps from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“soul, mind; innards, diaphragm”), whence Old Norse grunr (“suspicion”), or *bʰren- (“front edge”), whence e.g. Latin frōns (“forehead, front; character”), Old East Norse brant (“precipice”). See also Latin rēn (“kidney”), Proto-Slavic *grěnь (“pus”), of disputed connection.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰrɛ̌ːn/ → /ɸrin/ → /frin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰrɛ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰre̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸrin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /frin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /frin/

Noun

φρήν • (phrḗn) f (genitive φρενός); third declension

1. (often in the plural) The midriff, stomach and lower chest or breast
2. The seat of emotions, heart; seat of bodily appetites such as hunger
3. The seat of intellect, wits, mind
4. will, purpose

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φρήν; τたうῆς φρενός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φρήν hē phrḗn	τたうὼ φρένε tṑ phréne	αあるふぁἱ φρένες hai phrénes
Genitive	τたうῆς φρενός tês phrenós	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー φρενοῖνにゅー toîn phrenoîn	τたうῶνにゅー φふぁいρろーεいぷしろんνにゅーῶνにゅー tôn phrenôn
Dative	τたうῇ φふぁいρろーεいぷしろんνにゅーῐ́ têi phrení	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー φρενοῖνにゅー toîn phrenoîn	τたうαあるふぁῖς φふぁいρろーεいぷしろんσしぐまῐ́ / φふぁいρろーεいぷしろんσしぐまῐ́νにゅー / φふぁいρろーᾰσしぐまῐ́ / φふぁいρろーᾰσしぐまῐ́νにゅー taîs phresí(n) / phrasí(n)
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー φρένᾰ tḕn phréna	τたうὼ φρένε tṑ phréne	τたうᾱ̀ς φρένᾰς tā̀s phrénas
Vocative	φρήν phrḗn	φρένε phréne	φρένες phrénes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (seat of emotions): θしーたῡμός (thūmós), πραπίς (prapís)

Derived terms

• εいぷしろんὐφρόνη (euphrónē, “night”) (apparently)
• ἔμφρων (émphrōn)
• εいぷしろんὔφρων (eúphrōn)
• μετάφρενον (metáphrenon)
• φρένιον (phrénion)
• φふぁいρろーεいぷしろんνにゅーῖτις (phrenîtis)
• φρενόω (phrenóō)
• φρόνιμος (phrónimos)
• -φρων (-phrōn)

Further reading

• “φρήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φρήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φρήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φρήν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• φρήν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “φρήν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5424 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bosom idem, page 90.
  • brain idem, page 93.
  • breast idem, page 96.
  • comprehension idem, page 153.
  • fancy idem, page 306.
  • head idem, page 389.
  • heart idem, page 392.
  • imagination idem, page 416.
  • mind idem, page 530.
  • sanity idem, page 733.
  • sense idem, page 752.
  • soul idem, page 796.
  • thought idem, page 868.
  • understanding idem, page 913.
  • wit idem, page 983.