deference

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

paying respects: P. θεραπεία, ἡ.

respectfulness: V. αἰδώς, ἡ.

think ye in truth that he will pay deference or heed to the blind man: V. ἦ καὶ δοκεῖτε τοῦ τυφλοῦ τιν' ἐντροπὴν ἢ φροντίδ' ἕξειν (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 299).