ἀδοξέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀδοξέω
Structure:
ἀδοξέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to be held in no esteem, to stand in ill repute
- to hold in no esteem
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὃ καὶ πάντων ἂν εἰή δεινότατον, τοὺσ μὲν προγόνουσ ὑμῶν ἀποθνῄσκειν τολμᾶν ὥστε μὴ τὴν πόλιν ἀδοξεῖν, ὑμᾶσ δὲ μὴ κολάζειν τοὺσ καταισχύναντασ αὐτήν, ἀλλὰ περιορᾶν τὴν κοινὴν καὶ μετὰ πολλῶν πόνων συνειλεγμένην εὔκλειαν, ταύτην διὰ τὴν τῶν τοιούτων ἀνδρῶν πονηρίαν καταλυομένην. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 110:2)
- Τοιοῦτόσ ἐστιν ἐν πολλοῖσ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ ἑτέρασ καθ’ ἑτέρων διαβολὰσ καὶ κατηγορίασ κατατίθησιν, ὥστε μὴ διαμαρτεῖν τοῦ φανῆναὶ τινα πάντωσ πονηρόν ὥσπερ ἐνταῦθα περίεστιν αὐτῷ, ἀπιστουμένουσ μὲν τῆσ διαβολῆσ, Κορινθίουσ ἀδοξεῖν, ἀπιστουμένησ δέ, Ἀθηναίουσ, ἢν οἶμαι μηδὲ Κορινθίων Ἀθηναίουσ, ἀλλὰ τοῦτον ἀμφοτέρων ὁμοῦ καταψεύδεσθαι. (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 39 5:1)
- "εἴ γε μὲν τὸ εὐδοξεῖν ἡδύ, τὸ ἀδοξεῖν δήπου λυπηρόν· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 193)
- "εἰ δὲ χρησμοὶ καὶ μαντικὴ καὶ θεῶν πρόνοια καὶ γονέων πρὸσ ἔκγονα στοργὴ καὶ ἀγάπησισ καὶ πολιτεία καὶ ἡγεμονία καὶ τὸ ἄρχειν ἔνδοξόν ἐστι καὶ εὐκλεέσ, οὕτωσ ἀνάγκη τοὺσ λέγοντασ, ὡσ οὐ δεῖ σῴζειν τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ ἀλλ’ ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν ἀβλαβῶσ τῇ γαστρὶ καὶ κεχαρισμένωσ, ἀδοξεῖν καὶ κακοὺσ νομίζεσθαι· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 1910)
- ἀλλ’ οὕτω καθάπαξ πέπρακεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖσ παρεληλυθόσιν μεμισθάρνηκεν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα δῆλόσ ἐστιν, ἄν περ ἐκφύγῃ νῦν, καθ’ ὑμῶν ὑπάρξων ἐκείνῳ, ὥσθ’ ἵνα μηδὲν ἐναντίον μηδὲ ῥῆμα πρόηται Φιλίππῳ οὐδ’ ἀφιέντων ἀφίεται, ἀλλ’ ἀδοξεῖν, κρίνεσθαι, πάσχειν ὁτιοῦν αἱρεῖται παρ’ ὑμῖν μᾶλλον ἢ Φιλίππῳ τι ποιῆσαι μὴ πρὸσ ἡδονήν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 153:4)
Synonyms
-
to hold in no esteem
- καταξιόω (to deem worthy, to hold in high esteem)