φρόνησις
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Φρόνις: Ὅμηρος, ‘κατὰ δὲ φρόνιν ἤγαγε πολλήν’· ὁ μὲν Ἡρωδιανὸς, παρὰ τὴν φρόνησιν, κατὰ συγκοπήν· ὁ δὲ Ὦρος, ἐκ τῆς φρὼν φρονὸς γενικῆς γίνεται φρόνις· καὶ ἡ αἰτιατικὴ, φρόνιν. Τὸ δὲ φρὼν γίνεται ἐκ τοῦ φρῶ· ὅθεν ἄφρων καὶ σώφρων. Ἡ γενικὴ, φρονός· οὗ παράγωγον, φρόνιμος· καὶ τὸ φρονῶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ.
Translation (En)
Phronis "prudence, wisdom". Homer, "and he brought much information" (Od. 4.258). Herodian says it comes from phronēsis "intention", by syncope. But Ours says it comes from the genitive of *phrōn, phronos. And the accusative is phronin. And this *phrōn comes from *phrô, from which come aphrōn "insane" and sōphrōn "wise". The genitive is phronos, and from it is derived phronimos "wise". And phroneō "to think" comes from it.
Parallels
Eustathius, Comm. Od. 1, 124 Stallbaum (οὐ πάνυ δὲ δῆλον εἴτε πρωτότυπον ἡ φρόνις, εἴτε συγκέκοπται ἀπὸ τοῦ φρόνησις); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, phi, p. 1823 (καὶ ἡ φρόνις παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ· ‘κατὰ δὲ φρόνιν ἤγαγε πολλήν’. ἐκ τοῦ φρόνησιν κατὰ συγκοπὴν φρόνιν. ὁ δὲ Μιλήσιος Ὦρος ἐκ τῆς φρὼν φρονὸς γενικῆς φρόνις, καὶ ἡ αἰτιατικὴ τὴν φρόνιν)
Comment
Derivational etymology relying on the deletion of two phonemes. The rare Homeric word is derived from the usual Attic-Ionic one. In the other etymology mentioned, which goes back to Philoxenus, Orus probably stands for Orion (see φρόνις / ἄ-φρων).