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αἰδώς αἰδέομαι a sense of shame, shame, modesty, self-respect, Hom., etc.:—personif., Ζηνὶ σύνθακος θρόνων Αἰδώς Shame that shares his throne with Zeus, Soph. regard for others, respect, reverence, Theogn.; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, Aesch. that which causes shame, and so, a shame, Il.; as an exclam., shame! αἰδώς, Ἀργεῖοι, κακʼ ἐλέγχεα! Il.; αἰδώς, ὦ Λύκιοι· ποῖ φεύγετε; Il. = τὰ αἰδοῖα, Il.

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a sense of shame, shame, modesty, self-respect

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Headword:

αἰδώς

Headword (normalized):

αἰδώς

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αιδως

IDX:

749

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n749

Key:

ai)dw/s

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