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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.

Examples

  • ὃ γὰρ δυνάμι τε καὶ αἰδοῖ Τρηχῖνοσ προβέβηκε, σὺ δ’ εὖ μάλα οἶσθα καὶ αὐτόσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 33:4)
  • οὐκ ὀλίγα πρὸσ τῆσ φιλοσοφίασ ὠφέληνται οἱ πολλοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ γὰρ εἰ μηδὲν ἄλλο, αἰδοῖ γοῦν τοῦ σχήματοσ μετριώτερα διαμαρτάνουσιν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 8:9)
  • δασμολογοῦσι γὰρ ἐπιφοιτῶντεσ ἤ, ὡσ αὐτοί φασιν, ἀποκείρουσιν τὰ πρόβατα, δώσειν τε πολλοὺσ οἰόνται ἢ αἰδοῖ τοῦ σχήματοσ ἢ δέει τοῦ μὴ ἀκοῦσαι κακῶσ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 14:5)
  • ἔτι καὶ στόματοσ ἁρμογὴν αὐτὸσ καὶ τὸν αὐχένα, παρὰ τῆσ Ἀμαζόνοσ λαβών ἡ Σωσάνδρα δὲ καὶ Κάλαμισ αἰδοῖ κοσμήσουσιν αὐτήν, καὶ τὸ μειδίαμα σεμνὸν καὶ λεληθὸσ ὥσπερ τὸ ἐκείνησ ἔσται· (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 6:4)
  • ἐρχόμενον δ’ ἀν’ ἀγῶνα θεὸν ὣσ ἱλάσκονται αἰδοῖ μειλιχίῃ, μετὰ δὲ πρέπει ἀγρομένοισιν· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 10:8)

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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