αἰσχύνη

English (LSJ)

[ῡ], ἡ,

   A shame, dishonour, ἐς αἰσχύνην φέρει Hdt.1.10, cf. 3.133; αἰσχύνην φέρει, ἔχει, S.Tr.66, E.Andr.244, etc.; αἰ. περιίσταταί με, συμβαίνει μοι, D.3.8, 18.85; αἰσχύνῃ πίπτειν S.Tr.597; περιπίπτειν X.HG7.3.9; αἰσχύνην περιάπτειν τῇ πόλει Pl.Ap.35a; αἰ. προσβάλλειν τινί Id.Lg.878c; ἐν αἰ. ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν D.18.136; ἡ τῶν πραγμάτων αἰ. 1.27.    2 αἰ. γυναικῶν dishonouring of women, Isoc.4.114 (pl.), 12.259 (pl.); γράφεσθαί τινα γένους αἰσχύνης for dishonour done to his race, Pl.Lg.919e.    3 concrete, of a person, αἰ. φίλοις, πάτρᾳ, Thgn.1272, A.Pers.774; ἄνθρωπος αἰ. τῆς πόλεως γεγονώς Aeschin.3.241; of a decree, ib.105.    II shame for an ill deed, personified in A.Th.409; Αἰσχύνην οὐ νομίσασα θεόν AP7.450 (Diosc.).    2 like αἰδώς, sense of shame, honour, πᾶσαν αἰ. ἀφείς S.Ph.120; ἡ γὰρ αἰ. <πάρος> τοῦ ζῆν . . νομίζεται E.Heracl. 200; δι' αἰσχύνης ἔχειν τι to be ashamed of, Id.IT683; αἰσχύνην ἔχειν τινός for a thing, S.El.616; αἰ. ἐπί τινι Pl.Smp.178d; ὑπέρ τινος D.4.10; joined with δέος, S.Aj.1079; with ἔλεος and αἰδώς, Antipho 1.27 :—rare in pl., πτήσσουσαν αἰσχύνῃσιν S.Fr.659.9; ἐν αἰσχύναις ἔχω I hold it a shameful thing, E.Supp.164.    III later = αἰδοῖον, Sch.Ar.Eq.365; cf. τὴν τοῦ σώματος αἰ. Alcid.ap Arist.Rh. 1406a29.