δειλία
deilia
timidity, cowardice
Appears 40 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δειλία, ἡ, A. timidity, cowardice, 1.37, OT 536, etc.; δειλίην ὀφλεῖν to be charged with cowardice, 8.26; δειλίας ὀφλεῖν (sc. δίκην) 1.74; ἔνοχος δειλίας (sc. δίκῃ) 1.45; opp. ἀνδρεία, θρασύτης, Lg. 648b, Ti. 87a. II. misery, Goth. 4.32.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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