Αἰδώς
Aidōs

Greek noun
loaned from Akkadian

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Moon
Literal translation Moon
Variants
Αἰδώς Aidōs restored reading
Ἀϊδὴς Aidēs rare
Αἰδώ Aidō rare
Αἰδῶ Aidō rare
Edited by
Moon luminary, planet, deity

αἰδώς· *αἰσχύνη ... τὴν τοῦ σώματος αἰσχρότητα, τὰ αἰδοῖα. καὶ ἡ σελήνη, παρὰ Χαλδαίοις

‘Aidōs: *shame ... the ugliness of the body, the private parts. And the Moon, according to the Chaldeans.’

— Hesychius α 1799

Genre: lexicon
Provenance: Alexandria
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2018. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 1 (A - Delta), ed. I.C. Cunningham. Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter. 85

In the manuscripts, the readings ἀϊδὴς, αἰδώ and αἰδῶ are attested.
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Αἰδώς (Lemma #2252). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2252/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). Αἰδώς (Lemma #2252). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2252/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). Αἰδώς (Lemma #2252). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2252/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) Αἰδώς (Lemma #2252), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2252/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2252,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Αἰδώς ({Lemma} #2252)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2252/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2252/},
}