ταπεινότης
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ητος, ἡ,
A lowness of position, etc., ταπεινότητος εἵνεκα Hdt.4.22; τ. τῆς χώρας D.S.1.31; τῆς μήτρας Placit.5.14.2. 2 of condition, low estate, abasement, Th.7.75; εἰς τοσαύτην τ. καταστῆσαι Isoc.4.118, cf. D.10.74, Men.531.12, LXX Si.13.20, Phld.D.1.11. 3 lowness of spirits, dejection, σιωπήν τε καὶ τ. X.HG3.5.21. 4 in moral sense, baseness, vileness, Pl.Plt.309a; joined with μικροψυχία, Arist.Rh.1384a4. 5 of style, meanness, Quint. Inst.8.3.48.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τᾰπεινότης: -ητος, ἡ, χαμηλότης, ταπεινότητος εἵνεκα Ἡρόδ. 4. 22· τ. τῆς χώρας Διόδ. 1. 31. 2) ἐπὶ καταστάσεως, ταπεινὴ κατάστασις, εὐτέλεια, Θουκ. 7. 75· εἰς τοσαύτην τ. καθιστάναι Ἰσοκρ. 65Β. 3) κατάπτωσις τῆς διαθέσεως, ἀθυμία, σιωπήν τε καὶ τ. Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 5, 21. 4) ἐπὶ ἠθικῆς ἐννοίας, χαμέρπεια, ἀθλιότης, Πλάτ. Πολιτ. 309Α· ἡνωμένον μετὰ τοῦ μικροψυχία, Ἀριστ. Ρητορ. 2, 6, 10· μετὰ τοῦ ἀδοξία, Δημ. 151. 9.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ητος (ἡ) :
1 manque d’élévation, particul. petite taille;
2 p. anal. basse condition, humilité;
3 en mauv. part bassesse de caractère, de sentiments.
Étymologie: ταπεινός.
