εως (ἡ) [ᾰ]
      1 action d’abaisser, abaissement, amoindrissement, humiliation, PLAT. Leg. 815 a ; ARSTT. P.A. 4, 10, 49 ; DS. 11, 87 ; joint à δουλεία, DS. 2, 45 ; PLUT. Arist. 7 ;
      2 abattement, découragement, POL. 9, 33, 10 ; PLUT. M. 149 a ;
      3 basse condition, SPT. Gen. 29, 32 ; NT. Luc. 1, 48, etc. ; bassesse du style, PLUT. M. 7 a ; QUINT. 8, 3, 48.

Étym. ταπεινόω.

εως, ἡ, lowering, of a movement in dancing, Pl. Lg. 815a.
lessening, opp. αὔξησις, Arist. PA 689a25; reduction of a swelling, Gal. 12.816.
humiliation, abasement, Zeno Stoic. 1.51 (pl.), Plb. 9.33.10; τ. καὶ δουλεία D.S. 2.45; δυνάμεώς τινων ποιεῖν σιν Id. 11.87, cf. Plu. Arist. 7; ἀγέννεια καὶ τ. Phld. Herc. 1457.4; low estate, low condition, LXX Ge. 29.32, Ev. Luc. 1.48, al.
lowness of style, Plu. 2.7a, Quint. Inst. 8.3.48.
dejection of a planet (cf. ταπείνωμα), Doroth. 86.

ἡ, Erniedrigung, bes. Niedergeschlagenheit, Feigheit ; das Demütigen, die Demut, Ggstz ὕψος, Plat. Legg. VII.815a ; τῆς πόλεως, Pol. 9.33.10.

ταπείνωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ταπεινόω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי ;]
abasement, humiliation, low estate: Luk.1:48, Act.8:33' (LXX), Php.3:21, Jas.1:10 (Plat., Arist., and later writers).†
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