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σεμνό-της

semnotes

Würde, vornehmes Wesen, Stolz

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σεμν-ότης · semn-otēs — Frisk

σεμν-ότης f. "Würde, vornehmes Wesen, Stolz’ (att.), 2. -eiov n. 'heiliges Gebäude’ (Ph.; nach ἀρχεῖον u.a.); 3. -ὕνομαι, -ὕνω, auch m. ἀπο-, ἐπι-, ὑπερ- u.a. ‘seine Würde behaupten, sich erheben, stolz sein’ bzw. “ehrwürdig machen, erheben, rühmen’ (Hdt., att.; nach ϑρασύνομαι, -ύνω, αἰσχύνομαι ἃ. &.; vgl. Fraenkel Denom. 37); dazu, wohl als Rückbildungen (vgl. Strömberg Prefix Studies 98), ὑπέρ-, Erxi-osuvos … — [Frisk, s.v. σεμν-ότης, p. 1665]

2. σεμνό-της · semno-tēs — LSJ

solemnity, dignity, seriousness, dignity

solemnity, dignity, σεμνότητʼ 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 reserve, shyness

of a girl, reserve or shyness, E. IA 1344.

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Where it came from

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