φρονέω
Alt. φρονέω,
Etym. φρήν
I. "to think, to have understanding, to be sage, wise, prudent", ἄριστοι μάχεσθαί τε φρονέειν τε best both in battle and "counsel", Il.; τὸ μὴ φρονοῦν, of an infant, Aesch.; οἱ φρονοῦντες "the wise", Soph.; τὸ φρονεῖν ῀ φρόνησις, "wisdom, understanding", id=Soph.:—with Advs., εὖ φρονεῖν Hdt., Trag.; καλῶς φρ. Od., etc.
II. "to be minded" in a certain way, "to mean, intend, purpose", c. inf., Il.; φρόνεον [ἰέναι] "were minded to go", id=Il.:—absol., φρονῶν ἔπρασσον "prudens faciebam, purposely", Soph.; τοῦτο φρονεῖ ἡ ἀγωγὴ ἡμῶν this is what your bringing us here "means", Thuc.
2. with a neut. adj., φρ. τινί τι "to be" so and so "minded towards" him, πατρὶ φίλα φρονέων kindly "minded towards" him, Hom.; so, κακὰ φρονέουσι ἀλλήλοισιν Il.; so with Advs., εὖ φρονεῖν τινι (v. supr.) Od., etc.
3. without a dat., ἀγαθά or κακὰ φρ. Hom.; πυκνά or πυκινὰ φρ. "to have" wise "thoughts, be" cunningly "minded", Od.; ἐφημέρια φρ. "to think" only of the passing day, id=Od.; θνητὰ φρ. Eur.; τυραννικὰ φρ. "to have" tyranny "in mind", Ar.; ἀρχαϊκὰ φρ. "to have" old-fashioned "notions", id=Ar.; esp., μέγα φρονεῖν "to be high-minded", Il., Soph., etc.; in bad sense, "to be presumptuous, conceited, pride oneself", ἐπί τινι "on" a thing, Plat., etc.; ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῷ μέγα φρ. Thuc.; φρ. μεῖζον ἢ κατ᾽ ἄνδρα "to have thoughts" too high for man, Soph.; σμικρὸν φρ. "to be" low- "minded", poor- "spirited", id=Soph.; ἦσσον, ἔλασσον φρ. Eur., etc.; οὐ σμικρὸν φρ. ἔς τινα id=Eur.
4. τά τινος φρονεῖν "to be of" his "mind, of" his "party, side with" him, Hdt., etc.; φρ. τὰ Βρασίδου Ar.; —so ἶσον ἐμοὶ φρονέουσα "thinking" like me, Il.; τὰ αὐτά, κατὰ τωὐτὸ φρ. "to be" like- "minded", Hdt.
III. "to have" a thing "in one's mind, mind, take heed to" a thing, Od., Aeschin., etc.
IV. "to be in possession of one's senses, to be sensible, be alive", ἔτι φρονέοντα, for ἔτι ζῶντα, Il.; ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος Soph.:—also "to be in one's senses", id=Soph.; φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς "though in thy wits thou'rt" nothing wise, Eur.