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!

Examples

• παρέπεται δὲ τῇ σωφροσύνῃ εὐταξία, κοσμιότης, αἰδώς, εὐλάβεια. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 21:1)
• τὴν ἀσφάλειαν γὰρ αὐτοῖς τοῦ μηδὲν ἐπὶ τούτῳ παθεῖν ἡ πρὸς τὸ σχῆμα αἰδὼς παρέξειν ἔμελλεν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 14:2)
• τὴν μὲν δὴ πρώτην ἀνατροφὴν αὐτῶν μητράσι καὶ τίτθαις καὶ παιδαγωγοῖς ἐπιτρέπομεν ὑπὸ παιδείαις ἐλευθερίοις ἄγειν τε καὶ τρέφειν αὐτούς, ἐπειδὰν δὲ συνετοὶ ἤδη γίγνωνται τῶν καλῶς ἐχόντων, καὶ αἰδὼς καὶ ἐρύθημα καὶ φόβος καὶ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ἀρίστων ἀναφύηται αὐτοῖς, καὶ αὐτὰ ἤδη τὰ σώματα ἀξιόχρεα δοκῇ πρὸς τοὺς πόνους παγιώτερα γιγνόμενα καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἰσχυρότερον συνιστάμενα, τηνικαῦτα ἤδη παραλαβόντες. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 20:7)
• "θεάματος ἡ πρὸς φιλοσοφίαν αἰδὼς ἀπεστέρηκεν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 69:5)
• δίκη δ ἐν χερσί, καὶ αἰδὼς οὐκ ἔσται: (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 22:13)

Similar forms

• αἰδῶ (136)
• αἰδὼς (106)
• αἰδώς (57)
• Αἰ¨δωνέα (4)
• αἰδὼ (2)
• Αἰδωνεῦ (2)
• Αἰδωνέα (1)
• Αἰ¨δωνεῦ (1)
• Αἰ¨δωνῆϊ (1)
• Αἰ¨δωνεῖ? (1)

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