A.“αἰδεῖο” Il.24.503, Od.9.269; part. “αἰδόμενος” Hom. and Trag. (lyr.); imper. “αἴδεο” Il.21.74: impf. “ᾐδοῦντο” A.Pers. 810, etc., “αἰδέοντο” Pi.P.9.41, poet. “αἴδετο” Il.21.468, APl.4.106: fut. “αἰδέσομαι” Il.22.124, Att., Ep. “αἰδέσσομαι” Od.14.388; “αἰδεσθήσομαι” D.C.45.44, Gal.1.62, (ἐπ-) E.IA 900: aor. Med. ᾐδεσάμην, Ep. “αἰδ-” Od.21.28, Att. (v. sub fin.), Ep. imper. “αἴδεσσαι” Il.9.640; aor. Pass. “ᾐδέσθην” Hom., etc., and in Prose, Ep.3pl. “αἴδεσθεν” Il.7.93: pf. ᾔδεσμαι (v. sub fin.): Act. only in καταἰδέω, q.v.:—to be ashamed, c. inf., “αἴδεσθεν μὲν ἀνήνασθαι δεῖσαν δ᾽ ὑποδέχθαι” Il.7.93; “αἰδέομαι δὲ μίσγεσθ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι” 24.90; “αἰ. γὰρ γυμνοῦσθαι” Od.6.221: less freq. c. part., “αἴδεσαι μὲν πατέρα προλείπων” S.Aj.506, cf. Plu.Aem.35: c. dat., “μὴ αἰδοῦ τῷ εὐκόλῳ” Philostr.Ep. 19: abs., αἰδεσθείς from a sense of shame, Il.17.95.
2. mostly c. acc., stand in awe of, fear, esp. in moral sense, “αἰδεῖο θεούς” Il.24.503, Od.9.269; “Τρῶας” Il.6.442, cf. Od.2.65, etc.; ἀλλήλους αἰδεῖσθε show a sense of regard one for another, Il.5.530; “οὐδὲ θεῶν ὄπιν αἰδέσατο” Od.21.28; αἴδεσσαι μέλαθρον respect the house, Il.9.640; freq. of respect for suppliants, Il.22.124, cf. Hdt.7.141; “ἐχθρὸν ὧδ᾽ αἰδεῖ νέκυν” ; S.Aj.1356; “τόνδ᾽ ὅρκον αἰδεσθείς” Id.OT647, cf. 1426:—in Pi. P.4.173 αἰδεσθέντες ἀλκάν regarding their reputation for valour, i.e. from self-respect, cf. “ἑωυτὸν μάλιστα αἰδεῖσθαι” Democr.264: abs., τὸ αἰδεῖσθαι self-respect, Id.179; in Prose,,“Δία αἰδεσθέντες” Hdt.9.7. ά; φοβοῦμαί γε . . τοὺς μοχθηρούς (οὐ γὰρ δήποτε εἴποιμ᾽ ἂν ὥς γε αἰδοῦμαι) Pl.Lg.886a, cf. Euthphr.12b,Phdr.254e; later “αἰ. ἐπί τινι” D.H.6.92; ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως have compassion upon, show mercy, Plu. Cim.2.
II. respect another's misfortune, feel regard for him, “μηδέ τί μ᾽ αἰδόμενος . . μηδ᾽ ἐλεαίρων” Od.3.96 (cf. 1.2); “αἰ. τὴν τῶν μηδὲν ἀδικούντων εὐσέβειαν” Antipho 2.4.11; esp.
2. as Att. law-term, to be reconciled to a person, of kinsmen who allow a homicide to return from exile, Lex ap.D.43.57; “ἐὰν ἑλών τις ἀκουσίου φόνου . . αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ” D.37.59, cf.38.22; “αἰδούμενος” Pl.Lg.877a; “ᾐδεσμένος” D.23.77.
3. of the homicide, obtain forgiveness, D.23.72 codd. αἰδ-έσιμος , ον, exciting shame or respect, venerable, M.Ant.1.9 (Sup.), Aristid.2.99J. (Sup.), Hierocl. in CA13p.448M. (Comp.): c. dat., Aristid.Or.37(2).6; as honorary title, PFlor.15.6 (vi A. D.); τοῦ προσώπου τὸ αἰ. Luc.Nigr.26; holy, Paus.3.5.6. Adv. -μως reverently, Ael.NA2.25.