σεμνότης
ητος, ἡ
A.
solemnity, dignity, σεμνότητ’ ἔχει σκότος E. Ba. 486, cf. X. Cyr. 8.3.1, Isoc. 12.242, Pl. Mx. 235b; ἡ ς. τοῦ ῥήματος D. Prooem. 45; [τῆς λέξεως] Arist. Rh. 1408b35; ἡ τοῦ τόπου ς. Milet. 1(9).368; also of persons, seriousness, dignity, ἐπὶ τῆς ς. αὐθάδεις ὑπολαμβάνεσθαι D. 61.14, cf. Arist. Rh. 1391a28, Ep.Tit. 2.7, 1 Ep.Ti. 2.2: in pl., ς. οὐκ ἀληθιναὶ ἀλλὰ πεπλασμέναι Isoc. 6.98.
II.
of a girl, reserve or shyness, E. IA 1344.