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|txtha=((όος) (οῦς, ἡ; from [[Homer]] [[down]]; a [[sense]] of [[shame]], [[modesty]]: [[reverence]], λατρεύειν, Θεῷ [[μετά]] αἰδοῦς καί εὐλαβείας, [[but]] L T Tr WH εὐλαβείας καί δέους). (Synonyms: [[αἰδώς]], [[αἰσχύνη]]: Ammonius distinguishes the words as follows: [[αἰδώς]] καί [[αἰσχύνη]] διαφέρει, [[ὅτι]] ἡ [[μέν]] [[αἰδώς]] ἐστιν [[ἐντροπή]] [[πρός]] ἕκαστον, ὡς [[σεβομένως]] [[τίς]] [[ἔχει]]. [[αἰσχύνη]] δ' ἐφ' [[οἷς]] [[ἕκαστος]] ἁμαρτών σιαχύνεται, ὡς μή [[δέον]] τί πράξας. καί ἀιδεῖται [[μέν]] [[τίς]] [[τόν]] πατέρα. αἰσχύνεται δέ ὅς μεθύσκεται, etc., etc.; [[accordingly]], [[αἰδώς]] is [[prominently]] objective in its [[reference]], having [[regard]] to others; [[while]] [[αἰσχύνη]] is subjective, [[making]] [[reference]] to [[oneself]] and [[one]]'s actions. Cf. Schmidt, [[chapter]] 140. It is [[often]] said [[that]] [[αἰδώς]] precedes and prevents the [[shameful]] Acts , [[αἰσχύνη]] reflects [[upon]] its consequences in the [[shame]] it brings [[with]] it' (Cope, [[Aristotle]], rhet. 5,6, 1). [[αἰδώς]] is the nobler [[word]], [[αἰσχύνη]] the stronger; [[while]] "[[αἰδώς]] would [[always]] [[restrain]] a [[good]] [[man]] from an [[unworthy]] Acts , [[αἰσχύνη]] would [[sometimes]] [[restrain]] a [[bad]] [[one]]." Trench, §§ 19,20.)  

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