αἰδοῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, ([[αἰδώς]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> having a [[claim]] to [[regard]], [[reverence]], or [[compassion]] (cf. [[αἰδώς]]), in Hom., Hes. only of persons, sometimes of [[god]]s, θεῶν [[γένος]] Hes.Th.44, cf. Op.257, Il.18.394; more freq. of [[human]] [[being]]s, as [[king]]s, Il.4.402, [[member]]s of [[family]], esp. [[wife]], 21.460, [[servant]]s, ταμίη Od.1.139, women generally, [[παρθένος]] Il.2.514; then of the [[helpless]] or those [[need]]ing [[protection]], [[guest]]s, Od.9.271, [[suppliant]]s, 7.165: abs., αἰδοίοισιν ἔδωκα 15.373: Comp. [[αἰδοιότερος]] καὶ [[φίλτερος]] 11.360 (later [[αἰδοιέστερος]] D.P.172):—after Hom. of things, ξείνων αἰ. λιμένες Emp.112.3: Sup. [[αἰδοιότατον]], [[γέρας]] Pi.P.5.18; but [[αἰδοιέστατος]]… [[χρυσός]] O.3.42, cf. Alcm.74A. Adv. [[αἰδοῖως]], ἀπέπεμπον, of a [[guest]], Od. 19.243.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[bashful]], [[shamefaced]], κακὸς δ' αἰ. [[ἀλήτης]] Od.17.578.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[show]]ing [[reverence]] or [[compassion]], [[πνεῦμα]] A.Supp.28 (anap.); Ζεὺς Αἰδοῖος = the [[god]] of [[mercy]], ib.192.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[claim]]ing [[compassion]], [[λόγοι]] ib.455.—Poet.: used by Pl. in quotations.