A.having a claim to regard, reverence, or compassion (cf. αἰδώς), in Hom., Hes. only of persons, sts. of gods, “θεῶν γένος” Hes.Th.44, cf. Op.257, Il.18.394; more freq. of human beings, as kings, Il.4.402, members of family, esp. wife, 21.460, servants, “ταμίη” Od.1.139, women generally, “παρθένος” Il.2.514; then of the helpless or those needing protection, guests, Od.9.271, suppliants, 7.165: abs., “αἰδοίοισιν ἔδωκα” 15.373: Comp. “-ότερος καὶ φίλτερος” 11.360 (later “-έστερος” D.P.172):—after Hom. of things, “ξείνων αἰ. λιμένες” Emp.112.3: Sup. “-ότατον, γέρας” Pi.P.5.18; but “-έστατος . . χρυσός” O.3.42, cf. Alcm.74A. Adv. -ως, ἀπέπεμπον, of a guest, Od. 19.243.
αἰδοῖος , α, ον, (αἰδώς)
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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