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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain. Beekes mentions that derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eysd- (“to laud, honour”), though semantically attractive, is formally difficult. Expected would be *αἰζώς.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯.dɔ̌ːs/ → /ɛˈðos/ → /eˈðos/
Noun
αἰδώς • (aidṓs) f (genitive αἰδοῦς); third declension
- shame
- respect, awe
- reverence
- modesty
- First Epistle to Timothy, 2:9
- Ὡσαύτως καὶ γυναῖκας ἐν καταστολῇ κοσμίῳ μετὰ αἰδοῦς καὶ σωφροσύνης κοσμεῖν ἑαυτάς...[2]
46 CE – 120 CE,
Plutarch,
Moralia §139c:
- Οὐκ ὀρθῶς Ἡρόδοτος εἶπεν ὅτι ἡ γυνὴ ἅμα τῷ χιτῶνι ἐκδύεται καὶ τὴν αἰδῶ· τοὐναντίον γὰρ ἡ σώφρων ἀντενδύεται τὴν αἰδῶ...
- Ouk orthôs Hēródotos eîpen hóti hē gunḕ háma tôi khitôni ekdúetai kaì tḕn aidô; tounantíon gàr hē sṓphrōn antendúetai tḕn aidô...
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἴδομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
- ^ Novum Testamentum Graece, ed. Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger, 28th ed. (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012).
Further reading
- “αἰδώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰδώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἰδώς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰδώς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “αἰδώς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G127 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- awe idem, page 56.
- bashfulness idem, page 64.
- compunction idem, page 154.
- confusion idem, page 159.
- consideration idem, page 163.
- constraint idem, page 165.
- decency idem, page 200.
- deference idem, page 205.
- demureness idem, page 210.
- diffldence idem, page 223.
- dutifulness idem, page 257.
- honour idem, page 404.
- mercy idem, page 525.
- modesty idem, page 538.
- propriety idem, page 653.
- regard idem, page 686.
- reserve idem, page 701.
- respect idem, page 703.
- respectfulness idem, page 703.
- restraint idem, page 705.
- reticence idem, page 706.
- reverence idem, page 709.
- scrupulousness idem, page 743.
- sedateness idem, page 748.
- self-consciousness idem, page 750.
- self-respect idem, page 751.
- shame idem, page 761.
- shame-facedness idem, page 761.
- shyness idem, page 772.
- veneration idem, page 946.
- “αἰδώς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011