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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

  • ἐπιχειροῦσι δέ τινεσ οὐκ ἄδοξοι σοφισταὶ λέγειν, ὅτι τοῖσ μὲν πρὸσ τὰσ ὀχλικὰσ ἐντεύξεισ παρεσκευασμένοισ καὶ τὰ δίκαια λέγουσιν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπιτήδειοσ οὗτοσ ὁ χαρακτήρ, τοῖσ δὲ τὰσ ἱστορικὰσ πραγματείασ ἐκφέρουσιν, αἷσ μεγαλοπρεπείασ τε δεῖ καὶ σεμνολογίασ καὶ καταπλήξεωσ, παντὸσ μάλιστα προσήκει ταύτην ἀσκεῖν τὴν φράσιν τὴν γλωττηματικήν τε καὶ ἀπηρχαιωμένην καὶ τροπικὴν καὶ ἐξηλλαγμένην τῶν ἐν ἔθει σχημάτων ἐπὶ τὸ ξένον καὶ περιττόν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 50 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοι δι’ ἀσθένειαν ἑαυτῶν καὶ μαλακίαν ἔλαθον ἑαυτοὺσ γενόμενοι λεία γυναικῶν, οὕτω πάλιν ἄδοξοι καὶ πένητεσ; (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 9 10:1)
  • καὶ γάρ τοι τούτων μὲν ἐκ πτωχῶν ἔνιοι ταχὺ πλούσιοι γίγνονται, καὶ ἐξ ἀνωνύμων καὶ ἀδόξων ἔνδοξοι καὶ γνώριμοι, ὑμεῖσ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐκ μὲν ἐνδόξων ἄδοξοι, ἐκ δ’ εὐπόρων ἄποροι· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 77:2)
  • καὶ γάρ τοι τούτων μὲν ἐκ πτωχῶν ἔνιοι ταχὺ πλούσιοι γίγνονται, καὶ ἐξ ἀνωνύμων καὶ ἀδόξων ἔνδοξοι καὶ γνώριμοι, ὑμεῖσ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐκ μὲν ἐνδόξων ἄδοξοι, ἐκ δ’ εὐπόρων ἄποροι· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 77:2)
  • εἰσὶ δέ γε μὴν οὐκ ὀλίγοι τινὲσ ἄνδρεσ οὐδ’ ἄδοξοι, φιλόσοφοί τε καὶ ἰατροί, τῷ μὲν θερμῷ καὶ τῷ ψυχρῷ τὸ δρᾶν ἀναφέροντεσ, ὑποβάλλοντεσ δ’ αὐτοῖσ παθητικὰ τὸ ξηρόν τε καὶ τὸ ὑγρόν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 32)

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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