αἰδώς
αἰδώς,
όος, contr.
οῦς , η (late nom. pl.
αἰδοί Sch.
E. Hipp. 386 ), as a moral feeling,
A). reverence, awe, respect for the feeling or opinion of others or for one's own conscience, and so
shame, self-respect (in full
ἑαυτοῦ αἰδώς Hierocl. in CA 9p.433M. ),
sense of honour,
αἰδῶ θέσθ’ ἐνὶ θυμῷ Il. 15.561 ;
ἴσχε γὰρ αἰ. καὶ δέος ib.
657 , cf.
Sapph. 28 ,
Democr. 179 , etc.;
αἰ. σωφροσύνης πλεῖστον μετέχει, αἰσχύνης δὲ εὐψυχία Th. 1.84 , cf.
E. Supp. 911 ,
Arist. EN 1108a32 , etc.;
αἰδοῖ μειλιχίῃ Od. 8.172 ; so
ἀλλά με κωλύει αἴδως Alc. 55 (Sapphus est versus);
ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή Hdt. 1.8 ;
δακρύων πένθιμον αἰδῶ tears of grief and
shame,
A. Supp. 579 ;
αἰ. τίς μ’ ἔχει Pl. Sph. 217d ;
αἰ. καὶ δίκη Id. Prt. 322c ;
αἰδοῦς ἐμπίπλασθαι X. Cyr. 1.4.4 ;
sobriety, moderation,
Pi. O. 13.115 ;
αἰδῶ λαβεῖν S. Aj. 345 .
2). regard for others, respect, reverence,
αἰδοῦς οὐδεμιῆς ἔτυχον Thgn. 1266 , cf.
E. Heracl. 460 ;
αἰ. τοκέων respect for them,
Pi. P. 4.218 ;
τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me,
A. Pers. 699 ;
regard for friends,
αἰδοῦς ἀχαλκεύτοισιν ἔζευκται πέδαις E. Fr. 595 ; esp.
regard for the helpless, compassion, αἰδοῦς κῦρσαι S. OC 247 ;
forgiveness,
Antipho 1.26 ,
Pl. Lg. 867e (cf.
αἰδέομαι 11.2 ).
II). that which causes shame or respect, and so,
1). shame, scandal,
αἰδώς, Ἀργεῖοι, κάκ’ ἐλέγχεα Il. 5.787 , etc.;
αἰδώς, ὦ Λύκιοι· πόσε φεύγετε;
16.422 ;
αἰδὼς μὲν νῦν ἥδε .. 17.336 .
ShortDef
a sense of shame, shame, modesty, self-respect
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Headword (normalized):
αἰδώς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αιδως
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">αἰδώς</span>, <span class="itype greek">όος</span>, contr. <span class="itype greek">οῦς</span> <span class="foreign greek">, η</span> (late nom. pl. <span class="foreign greek">αἰδοί</span> Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:386/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 386 </a>), as a moral feeling, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reverence, awe, respect</span> for the feeling or opinion of others or for one\'s own conscience, and so <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shame, self-respect</span> (in full <span class="quote greek">ἑαυτοῦ αἰδώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2571.tlg001:9p.433M" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2571.tlg001:9p.433M/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hierocl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in CA</span> 9p.433M. </a> ), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sense of honour</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἰδῶ θέσθ’ ἐνὶ θυμῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:561" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.561/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.561 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἴσχε γὰρ αἰ. καὶ δέος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:657" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:657/canonical-url/"> 657 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 28 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 179 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">αἰ. σωφροσύνης πλεῖστον μετέχει, αἰσχύνης δὲ εὐψυχία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.84 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:911" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:911/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 911 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1108a:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1108a.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1108a32 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">αἰδοῖ μειλιχίῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:172" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.172/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.172 </a> ; so <span class="quote greek">ἀλλά με κωλύει αἴδως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 55 </a> (Sapphus est versus); <span class="quote greek">ἅμα κιθῶνι ἐκδυομένῳ συνεκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ γυνή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δακρύων πένθιμον αἰδῶ</span> tears of grief and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shame</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:579" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:579/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 579 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰ. τίς μ’ ἔχει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:217d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 217d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰ. καὶ δίκη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:322c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:322c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 322c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἰδοῦς ἐμπίπλασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.4.4 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sobriety, moderation</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.115 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰδῶ λαβεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:345/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 345 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">regard for others, respect, reverence</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἰδοῦς οὐδεμιῆς ἔτυχον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1266 </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:460" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:460/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 460 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">αἰ. τοκέων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">respect for</span> them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.218/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.218 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">respect</span> for me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:699" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:699/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 699 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">regard</span> for friends, <span class="quote greek">αἰδοῦς ἀχαλκεύτοισιν ἔζευκται πέδαις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 595 </span> ; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">regard for the helpless, compassion,</span> <span class="quote greek">αἰδοῦς κῦρσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:247" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:247/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 247 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forgiveness</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 1.26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:867e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:867e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 867e </a> (cf. <span class="quote greek">αἰδέομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:11.2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a> ). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that which causes shame</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">respect</span>, and so, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shame, scandal</span>, <span class="quote greek">αἰδώς, Ἀργεῖοι, κάκ’ ἐλέγχεα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:787" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.787/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.787 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">αἰδώς, ὦ Λύκιοι· πόσε φεύγετε</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:422" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.422/canonical-url/"> 16.422 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰδὼς μὲν νῦν ἥδε .. </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:336" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.336/canonical-url/"> 17.336 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">τὰ αἰδοῖα</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:262" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.262/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.262 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:493" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:493/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 493 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:7:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:7.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 7.72 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dignity, majesty</span> <span class="quote greek">αἰ. καὶ χάρις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:214/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Cer.</span> 214 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Αἰδώς</span> personified, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Reverence</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.44 </a>; <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mercy</span>, <span class="foreign greek">Ζηνὶ σύνθακος θρόνων Αἰ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1268" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1268/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1268 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:17:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:17:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 1.17.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">παρθένος Αἰδοῦς Δίκη λέγεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:943e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:943e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 943e </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}