ταπεινότης
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τᾰπεινότης: -ητος, ἡ, χαμηλότης, ταπεινότητος εἵνεκα Ἡρόδ. 4. 22· τ. τῆς χώρας Διόδ. 1. 31. 2) ἐπὶ καταστάσεως, ταπεινὴ κατάστασις, εὐτέλεια, Θουκ. 7. 75· εἰς τοσαύτην τ. καθιστάναι Ἰσοκρ. 65Β. 3) κατάπτωσις τῆς διαθέσεως, ἀθυμία, σιωπήν τε καὶ τ. Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 5, 21. 4) ἐπὶ ἠθικῆς ἐννοίας, χαμέρπεια, ἀθλιότης, Πλάτ. Πολιτ. 309Α· ἡνωμένον μετὰ τοῦ μικροψυχία, Ἀριστ. Ρητορ. 2, 6, 10· μετὰ τοῦ ἀδοξία, Δημ. 151. 9.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ητος (ἡ) :
1 manque d’élévation, particul. petite taille;
2 p. anal. basse condition, humilité;
3 en mauv. part bassesse de caractère, de sentiments.
Étymologie: ταπεινός.
