formality
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
preciseness: P. ἀκρίβεια, ἡ.
customary usage: P. and V. νόμιμον, τό (or. pl.), τὰ καθεστῶτα, Ar. and P. τὰ νομιζόμενα.
without formality: P. and V. ἁπλῶς.
ceremoniousness: P. and V. σεμνότης, ἡ, τὸ σεμνόν.
