Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀδοξέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδοξέω

Structure: ἀδοξέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be held in no esteem, to stand in ill repute
  2. to hold in no esteem

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀδόξω ἀδόξεις ἀδόξει
Dual ἀδόξειτον ἀδόξειτον
Plural ἀδόξουμεν ἀδόξειτε ἀδόξουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀδόξω ἀδόξῃς ἀδόξῃ
Dual ἀδόξητον ἀδόξητον
Plural ἀδόξωμεν ἀδόξητε ἀδόξωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀδόξοιμι ἀδόξοις ἀδόξοι
Dual ἀδόξοιτον ἀδοξοίτην
Plural ἀδόξοιμεν ἀδόξοιτε ἀδόξοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀδο͂ξει ἀδοξεῖτω
Dual ἀδόξειτον ἀδοξεῖτων
Plural ἀδόξειτε ἀδοξοῦντων, ἀδοξεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἀδόξειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀδοξων ἀδοξουντος ἀδοξουσα ἀδοξουσης ἀδοξουν ἀδοξουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀδόξουμαι ἀδόξει, ἀδόξῃ ἀδόξειται
Dual ἀδόξεισθον ἀδόξεισθον
Plural ἀδοξοῦμεθα ἀδόξεισθε ἀδόξουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀδόξωμαι ἀδόξῃ ἀδόξηται
Dual ἀδόξησθον ἀδόξησθον
Plural ἀδοξώμεθα ἀδόξησθε ἀδόξωνται
OptativeSingular ἀδοξοίμην ἀδόξοιο ἀδόξοιτο
Dual ἀδόξοισθον ἀδοξοίσθην
Plural ἀδοξοίμεθα ἀδόξοισθε ἀδόξοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀδόξου ἀδοξεῖσθω
Dual ἀδόξεισθον ἀδοξεῖσθων
Plural ἀδόξεισθε ἀδοξεῖσθων, ἀδοξεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀδόξεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀδοξουμενος ἀδοξουμενου ἀδοξουμενη ἀδοξουμενης ἀδοξουμενον ἀδοξουμενου

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • οὐδενὶ γὰρ οὕτωσ ἀπήντησε Ῥωμαίων ἀδόξῳ καὶ ταπεινῷ Κράσσοσ ὃν ἀσπασάμενον οὐκ ἀντιπροσηγόρευσεν ἐξ ὀνόματοσ, λέγεται δὲ καὶ πολυμαθὴσ καθ’ ἱστορίαν γενέσθαι, καί τι καὶ φιλοσοφῆσαι τοῖσ Ἀριστοτέλουσ λόγοισ προσθέμενοσ, ὧν διδάσκαλον εἶχεν Ἀλέξανδρον, ἄνθρωπον εὐκολίασ καὶ πρᾳότητοσ ἀπόδειξιν διδόντα τὴν πρὸσ Κράσσον συνήθειαν. (Plutarch, chapter 3 3:2)
  • σὺ δὲ δή, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, τί ἔχεισ εἰπεῖν ὡσ ἄξιόν σοί ἐστι μέγα φρονεῖν ἐφ’ ᾗ εἶπασ οὕτωσ ἀδόξῳ οὔσῃ τέχνῃ; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 57:2)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ τοῦτό γ’ οὐδεὶσ ἂν εἰπεῖν τολμήσαι, ὡσ τῷ μὲν ἐν Πέλλῃ τραφέντι, χωρίῳ ἀδόξῳ τότε γ’ ὄντι καὶ μικρῷ, τοσαύτην μεγαλοψυχίαν προσῆκεν ἐγγενέσθαι ὥστε τῆσ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἀρχῆσ ἐπιθυμῆσαι καὶ τοῦτ’ εἰσ τὸν νοῦν ἐμβαλέσθαι, ὑμῖν δ’ οὖσιν Ἀθηναίοισ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ἑκάστην ἐν πᾶσι καὶ λόγοισ καὶ θεωρήμασι τῆσ τῶν προγόνων ἀρετῆσ ὑπομνήμαθ’ ὁρῶσι τοσαύτην κακίαν ὑπάρξαι, ὥστε τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ αὐτεπαγγέλτουσ ἐθελοντὰσ παραχωρῆσαι Φιλίππῳ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 93:1)

Synonyms

  1. to hold in no esteem

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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