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|Definition=όος, contr. οῦς, ἡ: <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sparing]], νεκύων <span class="bibl">Il.7.409</span>; βίου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>438</span> (dub.); ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Es.</span>3.13</span>; οὔτε φ. τῶν παίδων οὔτ' ἔλεον ἔσχον <span class="bibl">D.H.8.79</span> (but <b class="b3">τῆς αἰδοῦς ὀλίγην ποιήσασθαι φειδώ</b> <b class="b2">to have little consideration for self-respect</b>... <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>2.27</span>); <b class="b3">φειδὼς</b> (sic cod. P) τῶν παραδειγμάτων ἔστω Longin.22.4; ὀπώρας φ. ἔστω Orib.<span class="title">Fr.</span>55; <b class="b3">φ. τις ἐγίγνετο . . μὴ προαναλωθῆναι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὴν εὐπραγίαν</b>) <span class="bibl">Th.7.81</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> abs., [[thrift]], [[sparing]], κτήματα δαρδάπτουσιν ὑπέρβιον, οὐδ' ἔπι φειδώ <span class="bibl">Od.14.92</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">16.315</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>369</span>; φ. καὶ λιμός <span class="bibl">Democr.229</span>; φ. πονηρά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>407</span>; opp. [[ἀσωτία]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1390b1</span>.</span>