ταπεινότης
ητος, ἡ
A.
lowness of position, etc., ταπεινότητος εἵνεκα Hdt. 4.22; τ. τῆς χώρας D.S. 1.31; τῆς μήτρας Placit. 5.14.2.
2.
of condition, low estate, abasement, Th. 7.75; εἰς τοσαύτην τ. καταστῆσαι Isoc. 4.118, cf. D. 10.74, Men. 531.12, LXX Si. 13.20, Phld. D. 1.11.
3.
lowness of spirits, dejection, σιωπήν τε καὶ τ. X. HG 3.5.21.
4.
in moral sense, baseness, vileness, Pl. Plt. 309a; joined with μικροψυχία, Arist. Rh. 1384a4.
5.
of style, meanness, Quint. Inst. 8.3.48.