The corpus record

δειλία

deilia · ἡ

timidity, cowardice

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 4 · 26.97/10k
Ichneutae 2 · 11.63/10k
2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
Heracles 6 · 7.67/10k
Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
Protagoras 4 · 2.25/10k
Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Alcibiades 1 2 · 1.95/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 8 · 1.42/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δειλία · deilia — LSJ

timidity, cowardice, cowardice

timidity, cowardice, Hdt. 1.37, S. OT 536, etc.; δειλίην ὀφλεῖν to be charged with cowardice, Hdt. 8.26; δειλίας ὀφλεῖν (sc. δίκην) And. 1.74; ἔνοχος δειλίας (sc. δίκῃ) Lys. 1.45; opp. ἀνδρεία, θρασύτης, Pl. Lg. 648b, Ti. 87a.

II misery

misery, Procop. Goth. 4.32.

In the wild

δειλίαν · deilian Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 2007)
δειλίας · deilias Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
δειλία · deilia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1108b (DIORISIS sentence 575)
δειλία · deilia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1109a (DIORISIS sentence 578)
δειλίας · deilias Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1119a (DIORISIS sentence 1047)
δειλία · deilia Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1119a (DIORISIS sentence 1054)

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Where it came from

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