A dialogue in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as "temperance". From Wordnik.com. [Jon Aquino's Mental Garden] Reference
A dialogue in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as "temperance", "self-control", or "restraint". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Viewers rooted for the Virginia kid with shaggy brown hair and glasses, who fidgeted with his hands as he spelled such words as "oriflamme" and "sophrosyne.". From Wordnik.com. ['Fustanella' is N.Va. teen's killer bee word] Reference
And then this finally is sort of a self-delusional process, and there's gods in the world that egg this person on because he lacks, the word is sophrosyne or moderation. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog] Reference
sophrosyne: Please keep us posted on all Extropia adventures and discoveries!. From Wordnik.com. [Linden Lab giveth and taketh away - Developing an exit strategy] Reference
The track (file here) is available from the website of Soutrane Records (soutrane.com, under the “artists” page) and from “music” page of sophrosyne’s own site (sophrosyne.net). From Wordnik.com. [Disquiet » Poppy Sophrosyne MP3] Reference
Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. ". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com] Reference
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