δειλία, ἡ,
timidity, cowardice, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.37, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 536, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δειλίην ὀφλεῖν to be charged with cowardice, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δειλίας ὀφλεῖν (i.e. δίκην) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.74 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔνοχος δειλίας (i.e. δίκῃ) [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.45 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀνδρεία, θρασύτης, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 648b, “Ti.” 87a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II misery, [[ 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 4.32. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]