STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: αἰδέομαι

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to stand in awe

αἰδ-έομαι,

and poetry αἴδομαι [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect imperative αἰδεῖο[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.503, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.269] Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle αἰδόμενος[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and Trag. (Lyric poetry); _imperative_ αἴδεο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.74] Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ᾐδοῦντο[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 810, etc., αἰδέοντο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.41, poetry αἴδετο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.468, “APl.” 4.106] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future αἰδέσομαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.124] Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect, Epic dialect αἰδέσσομαι[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.388; αἰδεσθήσομαι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.44, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.62] Refs 8th c.BC+], (ἐπ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “IA” 900: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist middle ᾐδεσάμην, Epic dialect αἰδ-[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.28, _Attic dialect_ (see. entry near the end)] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect imperative αἴδεσσαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.640] Refs 8th c.BC+]; aorist passive ᾐδέσθην[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+], and in Prose, Epic dialect 3rd.pers.plural αἴδεσθεν[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.93: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect ᾔδεσμαι (see. entry near the end): active only in καταἰδέω, which see:—to be ashamed, with infinitive, αἴδεσθεν μὲν ἀνήνασθαι δεῖσαν δ᾽ ὑποδέχθαι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.93; αἰδέομαι δὲ μίσγεσθ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι 24.90; αἰ. γὰρ γυμνοῦσθαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.221] Refs 8th c.BC+]: less frequently with participle, αἴδεσαι μὲν πατέρα προλείπων[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 506, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 35: with _dative_, μὴ αἰδοῦ τῷ εὐκόλῳ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 19: _absolutely_, αἰδεσθείς] Refs 5th c.BC+] from a sense of shame, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.95. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]

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__2 mostly with accusative, stand in awe of, fear, especially in moral sense, αἰδεῖο θεούς[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.503, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.269; Τρῶας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.442, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.65, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλήλους αἰδεῖσθε show a sense of regard one for another, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.530; οὐδὲ θεῶν ὄπιν αἰδέσατο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.28] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἴδεσσαι μέλαθρον respect the house, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.640] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of respect for suppliants, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.124, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141; ἐχθρὸν ὧδ᾽ αἰδεῖ νέκυ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1356; τόνδ᾽ ὅρκον αἰδεσθείς [prev. author] “OT” 647, compare 1426:—in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.173 αἰδεσθέντες ἀλκάν] Refs 8th c.BC+] regarding their reputation for valour, i.e. from self-respect,[[compare ἑωυτὸν μάλιστα αἰδεῖσθαι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 264: _absolutely_, τὸ αἰδεῖσθαι] Refs 3rd c.AD+] self-respect, [[ [prev. author] 179; in Prose,, Δία αἰδεσθέντες 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.7] Refs 5th c.BC+]. ; φοβοῦμαί γε.. τοὺς μοχθηρούς (οὐ γὰρ δήποτε εἴποιμ᾽ ἂν ὥς γε αἰδοῦμαι) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 886a, compare “Euthphr.” 12b] Refs 5th c.BC+],Phdr.[[ 254e] Refs]; later αἰ. ἐπί τινι[[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.92] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως have compassion upon, show mercy, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cimon” 2. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]