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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[lower]], in point of height, [[reduce]], <b class="b3">σπλῆνα</b> (swollen spleen) Dsc.2.155:—Pass., πᾶν ὄρος ταπεινωθήσεται <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>40.4</span>; πρόσωπον ἐκ μετεώρου ταπεινούμενον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>208</span>; of a plant, [[decrease in size]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>7.13.9</span>; of rivers, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.36</span>; Astrol., of a planet, [[suffer dejection]], <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.119.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[lessen]], τὸν φθόνον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>32</span>; τὸ ἐν μέλιτι χολῶδες Gal.15.683 (to expl. <b class="b3">κολάζεται</b> in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>59</span>); [[disparage]], [[minimize]], <span class="bibl">Plb.6.15.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.85.7</span>:—Pass., [[to be lowered]] or [[lessened]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>72d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[humble]], [[abase]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.3.18</span>; τ. καὶ συστέλλων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>210e</span>; ταπεινώσαντες . . τοὺς νῦν ἐπηρμένους <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.235</span>:—Pass., ταπεινωθεὶς ἕπεται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>254e</span>; ὑπὸ πενίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>553c</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.225 S.; τεταπείνωται ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων δόξα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.5.4</span>; ἐταπεινοῦντο ταῖς ἐλπίσι <span class="bibl">D.S.13.11</span>; τεταπεινωμένων τῶν ἄλλων διὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων κατάστασιν Anon.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>664.22. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[violate]] a woman, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>34.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ki.</span>13.12</span>,<span class="bibl">14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ez.</span>22.10</span>,<span class="bibl">11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in moral sense, [[make lowly]], [[humble]], ἑαυτόν <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Vit.</span>p.38</span> J., <span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span> 23.12, al.:—Pass., [[humble oneself]], τὴν θεὸν ἐξιλάσαντο τῷ ταπεινοῦσθαι σφόδρα <span class="bibl">Men.544</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>16.9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Si.</span>18.21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>5.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> esp. of fasting or abstinence, <b class="b3">θεοῦ ᾧ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ</b> (i.e. on a fast-day) ταπεινοῦται μεθ' ἱκετείας <span class="title">SIG</span>1181.11 (Rhenea, Jewish, ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐὰν ψυχὴν τεταπεινωμένην ἐμπλήσῃς</b> feed [[the hungry]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>58.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Le.</span>23.27</span>, al.; <b class="b3">οἶδα ταπεινοῦσθαι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">περισσεύειν</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>4.12</span>.</span>