scandal
From LSJ
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
disgrace: P. and V. αἰσχύνη, ἡ, ἀτιμία, ἡ, ὄνειδος, τό, V. αἶσχος, τό.
calumny: P. and V. διαβολή, ἡ, Ar. and P. συκοφαντία, ἡ, P. βασκανία, ἡ, βλασφημία, ἡ.
gossip: Ar. and P. λαλία, ἡ, V. λαλήματα, τά, λέσχαι, αἱ.
woman is a creature that loves scandal: φιλόψογον δὲ χρῆμα θηλειῶν ἔφυ (Eur., Phoenissae 198).
