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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

  • 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)

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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