Schüchternheit
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
German > Latin
Schüchternheit, die, animus pavidus (ängstlich furchtsames Gemüt). – timiditas. animus timidus (Zaghaftigkeit). – verecundia (sittliche Scheu, Blödigkeit). – pudor (sittliche Scham, Verschämtheit). – natürliche Sch., natura pudorque: jugendliche Sch., aetas et pudor: mit Sch., pavide; timide: aus Sch., propter verecundiam suam.
