ταπεινότης

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.