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δειλία

deilia

timidity, cowardice

Appears 38 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δειλία, ἡ, A. timidity, cowardice, Hdt. 1.37, S. OT 536, etc.; δειλίην ὀφλεῖν to be charged with cowardice, Hdt. 8.26; δειλίας ὀφλεῖν (sc. δίκην) And. 1.74; ἔνοχος δειλίας (sc. δίκῃ) Lys. 1.45; opp. ἀνδρεία, θρασύτης, Pl. Lg. 648b, Ti. 87a. II. misery, Procop. Goth. 4.32.
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