lowness

From LSJ

μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

Of degree: P. ταπεινότης, ἡ, P. and V. ἀδοξία, ἡ.

Of birth: P. and V. δυσγένεια, ἡ (Plato).

meanness, baseness: P. πονηρία, ἡ, κάκη, ἡ.

vulgarity: P. ἀγροικία, ἡ.