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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

  • ὥστε τί ἄν σοι τὸ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἔτι λέγοιμι, ὅσασ μὲν χρείασ παρέχεται ὁ χρυσόσ, ὡσ δὲ οἷσ ἂν παρῇ, καλούσ τε αὐτοὺσ καὶ σοφοὺσ καὶ ἰσχυροὺσ ἀπεργάζεται τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν προσάπτων, καὶ ἐξ ἀφανῶν καὶ ἀδόξων ἐνίοτε περιβλέπτουσ καὶ ἀοιδίμουσ ἐν βραχεῖ τίθησι; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 13:6)
  • καὶ τῶν ἀδόξων δὲ τὰσ Πελωρίδασ κόγχασ τὰσ ἐκ Λιπάρασ μαινίδασ, τὴν Μαντινικὴν γογγυλίδα, τὰσ ἐκ Θηβῶν βουνιάδασ καὶ τὰ παρ’ Ἀσκραίοισ τεῦτλα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 6 2:2)
  • φαύλωσ δέ πωσ καὶ ῥᾳθύμωσ ὡσ περὶ μικρῶν καὶ ἀδόξων πραγμάτων ταῦτα εἴρηκε· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 14 2:1)
  • ἔτι δὲ καὶ εὐώδεσι τὰσ χεῖρασ κατεχρίοντο τὰσ ἀπομαγδαλίασ ἀτιμάσαντεσ, ἃσ Λακεδαιμόνιοι ἐκάλουν κυνάδασ, ὥσ φησι Πολέμων ἐν τῇ περὶ ὀνομάτων ἀδόξων ἐπιστολῇ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 77 1:4)
  • ἔστι γὰρ τὰ μὲν πολιτικὰ νοήματα τραχύτερα, ἐνδοξότερα καὶ ἀπὸ ἐνδοξοτέρων λαμβανόμενα, καὶ δριμύτερα, τήν τε δριμύτητα ἐργαζόμενα ἐκ τοῦ σπανιώτερά τε εἶναι καὶ ἔνδοξα, τὰ δὲ ἀφελῆ νοήματα ἁπλᾶ, ἐπίκοινα, ἄδοξα, καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ ἀδόξων τῶν ἐπιχειρημάτων λαμβανόμενα. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 1 4:2)

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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