αἰδήμων

aidemon

bashful, modest

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 5
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Book II 2
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10

1108a32
1108a35
Book III 1
Chapter 6 1115a6–1115b6

1115a14
Book IV 2
Chapter 9 1128b10–35

1128b17
1128b19
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1233b29

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἰδήμων, ον, gen. ονος, A. bashful, modest, Arist. EN 1108a32, etc.: Comp. -έστερος X. Lac. 2.10: Sup. αἰδημονέστατος Id. An. 1.9.5. Adv. -μόνως Id. Smp. 4.58, Arr. Epict. 3.18.6, PGen. 1.9. II. in bad sense, ignominious, shameful, θωή Max. 576.

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