small and insignificant intrinsically, but it may also be made lowly, e.g., by the military force and superior power of others, Xenoph. Hist. Graec., II, 4, 23; An., II, 5, 13; Isoc. Or., 15, 195 says of philosophy: ταπεινὴν ποιῶν τὴν φιλοσοφίαν, and the word is used in Plat. Leg., V, 728e with respect to the human soul and human courage. But the last example leads on already to a further sense. b. With respect to the spiritual and moral state of man ταπεινός means “lowly,” “servile,” often
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