Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰδώς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰδώς

Structure: αιδω (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ai)de/omai

Sense

  1. a sense of shame, shame, modesty, self-respect, Shame
  2. regard for others, respect, reverence, respect
  3. that which causes shame
  4. a shame, shame!

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Synonyms

  1. that which causes shame

  2. a shame

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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