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αἰσχρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰσχρός αἰσχρά̄ αἰσχρόν

Structure: αἰσχρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)=sxos

Sense

  1. causing shame, dishonoring, reproachful
  2. ugly, ill-favoured
  3. shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous
  4. ill-suited

Examples

  • πρῶτον τοίνυν ἴδοι τισ ἂν τὸν μὲν παράσιτον ἀεὶ δόξησ καταφρονοῦντα καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μέλον ὅ τι ἂν οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἰώνται περὶ αὐτοῦ, ῥήτορασ δὲ καὶ φιλοσόφουσ εὑρ́οι τισ ἂν οὐ τινάσ, ἀλλὰ πάντασ ὑπὸ τύφου καὶ δόξησ τριβέντασ, καὶ οὐ δόξησ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὃ τούτου αἴσχιόν ἐστιν, ὑπ’ ἀργυρίου. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 52:2)
  • λοιπόν, εἰ μὴ αἴσχιον αὐτὸ τὸ ὄνομά ἐστι τῆσ παρασιτικῆσ, θέλω μαθεῖν. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 60:2)
  • πολὺ τῆσ Πενίασ πρᾶγμ’ αἴσχιον ζητεῖσ αὐτῷ περιάψαι, εἰ πλούσιοσ ὢν ἀνελεύθερόσ ἐσθ’ οὑτωσὶ καὶ φιλοκερδήσ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme 1:40)
  • εἴθ’ ἐξαλειφθεῖσ’ ὡσ ἄγαλμ’ αὖθισ πάλιν αἴσχιον εἶδοσ ἔλαβον ἀντὶ τοῦ καλοῦ, καὶ τὰσ τύχασ μὲν τὰσ κακὰσ ἃσ νῦν ἔχω Ἕλληνεσ ἐπελάθοντο, τὰσ δὲ μὴ κακὰσ ἔσῳζον ὥσπερ τὰσ κακὰσ σῴζουσί μου. (Euripides, Helen, episode7)
  • οὐδὲν γὰρ αἴσχιόν ἐστι· (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 4 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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