φειδώ

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English (LSJ)

όος, contr. οῦς, ἡ:

   A sparing, νεκύων Il.7.409; βίου E.Fr.438 (dub.); ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς LXXEs.3.13; οὔτε φ. τῶν παίδων οὔτ' ἔλεον ἔσχον D.H.8.79 (but τῆς αἰδοῦς ὀλίγην ποιήσασθαι φειδώ consideration for... S.E.M.2.27); φειδὼς (sic cod. P) τῶν παραδειγμάτων ἔστω Longin.22.4; ὀπώρας φ. ἔστω Orib.Fr.55; φ. τις ἐγίγνετο . . μὴ προαναλωθῆναι (sc. τὴν εὐπραγίαν) Th.7.81.    II abs., thrift, sparing, κτήματα δαρδάπτουσιν ὑπέρβιον, οὐδ' ἔπι φειδώ Od.14.92, cf. 16.315, Hes.Op.369; φ. καὶ λιμός Democr.229; φ. πονηρά E.Fr.407; opp. ἀσωτία, Arist.Rh.1390b1.