Shamefacedness is derived from _aidos_ in the Greek, and has— The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity
Of _aidos_ in this ache.— A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917
[Greek: -- Oi aidos— The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II
The sensuous frenzy of his juvenile poems is still remembered against him; it betrayed a lack of moral dignity, of what the Greek poets, whom he so much admired, meant by the word [Greek: aidos].— Studies in Literature and History
20 oixeo de kai aneuthe philon kai aneuthen aoides, drepsomenos malakes anthea Persephones. oixeo: kouk et 'esei, kouk au pote soi paredoumai azomenos, xeiron xersi thigon osiais: nun d' au mnesamenon glukupikros upeluthen aidos, oia tuxon oiou pros sethen oios exo: oupote sois, geron, omma philois philon ommasi terpso, ses, geron, apsamenos, philtate, dechiteras.— Atalanta in Calydon

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