φειδ-ώ όος,
contraction οῦς, ἡ: sparing, νεκύων [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.409; βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 438 (uncertain); ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς LXX.Est.3.13; οὔτε φ. τῶν παίδων οὔτ᾽ ἔλεον ἔσχον 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.79 (but τῆς αἰδοῦς ὀλίγην ποιήσασθαι φειδώ] LXX+8th c.BC+] consideration for.., [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 2.27)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; φειδὼς (sic codex P) τῶν παραδειγμάτων ἔστω [[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 22.4; ὀπώρας φ. ἔστω 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 55 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; φ. τις ἐγίγνετο.. μὴ προαναλωθῆναι (i.e. τὴν εὐπραγίαν) [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.81. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II absolutely, thrift, sparing, κτήματα δαρδάπτουσιν ὑπέρβιον, οὐδ᾽ ἔπι φειδώ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.92, compare 16.315, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 369; φ. καὶ λιμός 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 229; φ. πονηρά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 407 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀσωτία, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1390b1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]