ὄνειδ-ος, εος, τό,
reproach, rebuke, censure, blame, especially by word, προθέουσιν ὀνείδεα μυθήσασθαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἶχε ὄ. καὶ ἀτιμίην was
in disgrace, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. φέρει it brings
reproach, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐν ὀνείδει by way of
reproach, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀνείδει ἐνέχεσθαι, συνέχεσθαι, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
with censures, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
matter of reproach, disgrace, σοὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ. κατηφείη καὶ ὄ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄνειδός [ἐστι] with
infinitive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] the
disgrace of the city, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Oedipus calls his daughters τοιαῦτ᾽ ὀνείδη, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) the statement of [
Refs] meant originally
any report of one,
reputation, character, is not borne out by the passages he cites— ὄ. οὐ καλόν [
Refs 5th c.BC+], which are plainly ironical. (Cf. Sanskrit
nindati, nid- 'insult', Gothic
ga-naitjan 'slander', Lett.
naids 'hatred'.)