αἰσχύνη
aischyne
shame, dishonour
Appears 38 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αἰσχύνη [ῡ], ἡ, A. shame, dishonour, ἐς αἰσχύνην φέρει 1.10, cf. 3.133; αἰσχύνην φέρει, ἔχει, Tr. 66, Andr. 244, etc.; αἰ. περιίσταταί με, συμβαίνει μοι, 3.8, 18.85; αἰσχύνῃ πίπτειν Tr. 597; περιπίπτειν HG 7.3.9; αἰσχύνην περιάπτειν τῇ πόλει Ap. 35a; αἰ. προσβάλλειν τινί Lg. 878c; ἐν αἰ. ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν 18.136; ἡ τῶν πραγμάτων αἰ. 1.27. 2. αἰ. γυναικῶν dishonouring of women, 4.114 (pl.), 12.259 (pl.); γράφεσθαί τινα γένους αἰσχύνης for dishonour done to his race, Lg. 919e. 3. concrete, of a person, αἰ. φίλοις, πάτρᾳ, 1272, Pers. 774; ἄνθρωπος αἰ. τῆς πόλεως γεγονώς 3.241; of a decree, ib.105. II. shame for an ill deed, personified in Th. 409; Αἰσχύνην οὐ νομίσασα θεόν AP 7.450 (). 2. like αἰδώς, sense of shame, honour, πᾶσαν αἰ. ἀφείς Ph. 120; ἡ γὰρ αἰ. <πάρος> τοῦ ζῆν . . νομίζεται Heracl. 200; διʼ αἰσχύνης ἔχειν τι to be ashamed of, IT 683; αἰσχύνην ἔχειν τινός for a thing, El. 616; αἰ. ἐπί τινι Smp. 178d; ὑπέρ τινος 4.10; joined with δέος, Aj. 1079; with ἔλεος and αἰδώς, 1.27 :—rare in pl., πτήσσουσαν αἰσχύνῃσιν Fr. 659.9; ἐν αἰσχύναις ἔχω I hold it a shameful thing, Supp. 164. III. later = αἰδοῖον, Sch. Eq. 365; cf. τὴν τοῦ σώματος αἰ. Alcid.ap Rh. 1406a29.
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