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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

  • ἀλλ’ οὐ χρὴ ταράττειν ἐν γάμοισ οὐδὲ διαβάλλειν ἄλλουσ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐφ’ οὕτωσ αἰσχραῖσ αἰτίαισ· (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 26:4)
  • τὴν γὰρ αὑτοῦ γλῶτταν αἰσχραῖσ ἡδοναῖσ λυμαίνεται, ἐν κασωρείοισι λείχων τὴν ἀπόπτυστον δρόσον, καὶ μολύνων τὴν ὑπήνην καὶ κυκῶν τὰσ ἐσχάρασ, καὶ Πολυμνήστεια ποιῶν καὶ ξυνὼν Οἰωνίχῳ. (Aristotle, Parabasis, epirrheme7)
  • ἐν δὲ ταῖσ αἰσχραῖσ καὶ ταπειναῖσ καὶ ἀδόξοισ διακονίαισ ἀπόχρησαι πάτησον, οὐδὲν ἡγεῖται δεινὸν οὐδ’ ὑβριστικόν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 23 8:1)
  • ἀπάταισιν αἰσχραῖσ ἄνδρα καὶ δόλοισ ἑλών. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode7)
  • θεοὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ καλαῖσ καὶ δικαίαισ παραλαμβάνεσθαι φιλοῦσιν ὁμολογίαισ, οὐκ ἐπ’ αἰσχραῖσ καὶ ἀδίκοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 11 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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