shy

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. αἰσχυντηλός.

cautious: P. εὐλαβής.

protagoras at first was shy: P. τὸ μὲν οὖν πρῶτον ἐκαλλωπίζετο ἡμῖν ὁ Πρωταγόρας (Plato

Protagoras 333D).

he was shy pretending he did not wish to speak: P. ἐθρύπτετο ὡς δὴ οὐκ ἐπιθυμῶν λέγειν (Plato, Phaedrus 228C).

be shy of (doing a thing): P. and V. αἰσχύνεσθαι (infin. or part.), ἐπαισχύνεσθαι (infin. or part.), V. αἰδεῖσθαι (infin. or part.).

fight shy of: P. and V. εὐλαβεῖσθαι (acc.); see avoid.