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00127

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00127: 127. αἰδώς [αἰδέομαι] I. a sense of shame, shame, modesty, self-respect, Hom., etc.:—personif., Ζηνὶ σύνθακος θρόνων Αἰδώς Shame that shares his throne with Zeus, Soph.

2. regard for others, respect, reverence, Theogn.; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, Aesch.

II. that which causes shame, and so, 1. a shame, Il.; as an exclam., shame! αἰδώς, Ἀργεῖοι, κακ᾽ ἐλέγχεα! id=Il.; αἰδώς, ὦ Λύκιοι: ποῖ φεύγετε; id=Il.

2. = τὰ αἰδοῖα, id=Il.

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