Αἰδοσύνη
modesty
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Apr 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Said] in reference to those who keep hidden and [remain] unseen and wish to escape notice.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰδοσύνη· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀποκεκρυμμένων καὶ ἀφανῶν καὶ λανθάνειν βουλομένων.
Betacode
*ai)dosu/nh: e)pi\ tw=n a)pokekrumme/nwn kai\ a)fanw=n kai\ lanqa/nein boulome/nwn.
Notes
- Same entry in other lexica. The headword, a feminine abstract noun, is almost unattested otherwise, but see Greek Anthology Appendix, 622.10 (in a funerary epigram).
cf. alpha 675, alphaiota 81, alphaiota 82.