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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative αἰσχρός αἰσχρᾱ́ αἰσχρόν
Genitive αἰσχροῦ αἰσχρᾶς αἰσχροῦ
Dative αἰσχρῷ αἰσχρᾷ αἰσχρῷ
Accusative αἰσχρόν αἰσχρᾱ́ν αἰσχρόν
Vocative αἰσχρέ αἰσχρᾱ́ αἰσχρόν
DualN/A/V αἰσχρώ αἰσχρᾱ́ αἰσχρώ
G/D αἰσχροῖν αἰσχραῖν αἰσχροῖν
PluralNominative αἰσχροί αἰσχραί αἰσχρά
Genitive αἰσχρῶν αἰσχρῶν αἰσχρῶν
Dative αἰσχροῖς αἰσχραῖς αἰσχροῖς
Accusative αἰσχρούς αἰσχρᾱ́ς αἰσχρά
Vocative αἰσχροί αἰσχραί αἰσχρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective αἰσχρός αἰσχροῦ αἰσχίων αἰσχιονός αἰσχίστος αἰσχιστοῦ
Adverb αἰσχρώς αἰσχίον αἰσχίστα

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

  • οὐκ ἢν ἑτέρα γε γραῦσ ἔτ’ αἰσχίων φανῇ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 3:29)
  • ὅτι δ’ οὐκ ἔστιν αἰσχίων καὶ λυποῦσα μᾶλλον ἑτέρα κόλασισ ἢ τοὺσ ἐξ ἑαυτῶν κακὰ πάσχοντασ δι’ αὑτοὺσ ὁρᾶν, καὶ ὅτι ψυχὴν ἀνδρὸσ; (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 187)
  • τίσ ἂν τούτου λόγοσ γένοιτ’ ἂν αἰσχίων ἔτι, εἴτ’ οὖν δικαίωσ εἴτε μή; (Sophocles, episode 2:3)
  • καίτοι τίσ ἂν αἰσχίων εἰή ταύτησ δόξα ἢ δοκεῖν χρήματα περὶ πλείονοσ ποιεῖσθαι ἢ φίλουσ; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 9:1)
  • αἰσχίων οὖν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 77:2)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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