τᾰπειν-όω,
lower, in point of height, reduce, σπλῆνα (swollen spleen) [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.155] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, πᾶν ὄρος ταπεινωθήσεται [[ LXX.Isa.40.4; πρόσωπον ἐκ μετεώρου ταπεινούμενον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 208 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; of a plant, decrease in size, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.13.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of rivers, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.36 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; Astrology texts, of a planet, suffer dejection, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 119.15. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, lessen, τὸν φθόνον [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 32; τὸ ἐν μέλιτι χολῶδες 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.683 (to explanation κολάζεται in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 59)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; disparage, minimize, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.15.7, compare 3.85.7 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be lowered or lessened, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 72d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 humble, abase, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.3.18; τ. καὶ συστέλλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210e; ταπεινώσαντες.. τοὺς νῦν ἐπηρμένους 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.235 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ταπεινωθεὶς ἕπεται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254e; ὑπὸ πενίας [prev. author] “R.” 553c, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.225 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τεταπείνωται ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων δόξα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.4; ἐταπεινοῦντο ταῖς ἐλπίσι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.11; τεταπεινωμένων τῶν ἄλλων διὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων κατάστασιν Anonymus “Oxy.” 664.22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]