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.

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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

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