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φειδ-ώ

pheido · ἡ

sparing, consideration for, thrift, sparing

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Where it lives

Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k

What it meant

φειδ-ώ · pheid-ō — LSJ

sparing, consideration for

sparing, νεκύων Il. 7.409; βίου E. Fr. 438 (dub.); ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς LXX Es. 3.13; οὔτε φ. τῶν παίδων οὔτʼ ἔλεον ἔσχον D.H. 8.79 (but τῆς αἰδοῦς ὀλίγην ποιήσασθαι φειδώ consideration for . . , S.E. M. 2.27); φειδὼς (sic cod. P) τῶν παραδειγμάτων ἔστω Longin. 22.4; ὀπώρας φ. ἔστω Orib. Fr. 55; φ. τις ἐγίγνετο . . μὴ προαναλωθῆναι (sc. τὴν εὐπραγίαν) Th. 7.81.

II thrift, sparing

abs., thrift, sparing, κτήματα δαρδάπτουσιν ὑπέρβιον, οὐδʼ ἔπι φειδώ Od. 14.92, cf. 16.315, Hes. Op. 369; φ. καὶ λιμός Democr. 229; φ. πονηρά E. Fr. 407; opp. ἀσωτία, Arist. Rh. 1390b1.

In the wild

φειδοῦς · pheidous Septuaginta, Esther 3
φειδοῖ · pheidoi Septuaginta, Psalmi Salomonis 5 Ψαλμὸς τῷ Σαλωμων. (DIORISIS sentence 72)
φειδοῦς · pheidous Septuaginta, Sapientia Salomonis 12

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