δυσωπία
καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν → the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A confusion of face, shamefacedness, Phld.Lib. p.24 O., Ph.2.603 (pl.), Plu.2.95b; false modesty, ib.528e, al.; cause for shame, ib.707e, Cic.Att.13.33.2; δυσωπίαν habere, to have an ugly look, ib.16.15.2; τὰς δ. (v.l. δυστροπίας) τὰς ἐν τοῖς διαπορηθεῖσι dub. in Ph.1.330.
German (Pape)
[Seite 692] ἡ, (übertriebene) Schamhaftigkeit, s. Plut. περὶ δ., de vitioso pudore.
