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

  • "ἄμεινόν ἐστιν, ὦ πολῖται, τέσσαρσιν ἡμᾶσ ἀνδράσιν ὑπακούειν ἢ ἑνί, καὶ κατὰ γένοσ λαμπροῖσ καὶ κατὰ σύνεσιν οὐκ ἀδόξοισ. (Flavius Josephus, 332:2)
  • τὰσ γὰρ ἄλλασ τέχνασ εἰκόσ ἐστι πρὸσ ἐργασίαν ἢ δόξαν συνισταμένασ ἐν ταῖσ ἀδόξοισ καὶ ταπειναῖσ πόλεσιν ἀπομαραίνεσθαι, τὴν δ’ ἀρετὴν, ὥσπερ ἰσχυρὸν καὶ διαρκὲσ φυτὸν, ἐν ἅπαντι ῥιζοῦσθαι τόπῳ, φύσεώσ τε χρηστῆσ καὶ φιλοπόνου ψυχῆσ ἐπιλαμβανομένην. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 1 3:1)
  • μάλιστα δὲ τοῦτο δεῖ ποιεῖν ἐν ταῖσ τραγῳδίαισ, ὅσαι λόγουσ ἔχουσι πιθανοὺσ καὶ πανούργουσ ἐν πράξεσιν ἀδόξοισ καὶ πονηραῖσ. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 8 40:2)
  • "βασιλεύων ἀνθρώπων τοσούτων Ἄμασισ, κεκτημένοσ δὲ χώραν ἀρίστην τοσαύτην ἐθελήσει ἐπὶ κώμαισ ἀδόξοισ καὶ λυπραῖσ ἐκπιεῖν θάλασσαν; (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 6 6:2)
  • οὕτω τὴν κολακείαν ὁρῶμεν οὐ πένησιν οὐδ’ ἀδόξοισ οὐδ’ ἀδυνάτοισ ἀκολουθοῦσαν, ἀλλ’ οἴκων τε καὶ πραγμάτων μεγάλων ὀλίσθημα καὶ νόσημα γιγνομένην, πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ βασιλείασ καὶ ἡγεμονίασ ἀνατρέπουσαν· (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 2 3:1)

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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