Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὄντεσ παῖδεσ οὐκέτ’ εἰσί μοι, αὕτη δ’ ἐπ’ αἰσχροῖσ αἰχμάλωτοσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 4:6)
  • Καὶ μὴν διὰ τοῦτο καὶ μᾶλλον εἴποισ ἄν, ὅσῳ καὶ αἰσχροῖσ ἐπεχείρησε. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:4)
  • κοὐκ ἐξέσται παρὰ τοῖσι καλοῖσ <καὶ τοῖσ μεγάλοισ> καταδαρθεῖν ταῖσι γυναιξὶ πρὶν <ἂν> τοῖσ αἰσχροῖσ καὶ τοῖσ μικροῖσ χαρίσωνται. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, epirrheme 1:29)
  • τοῖσ γὰρ σιμοῖσ καὶ τοῖσ αἰσχροῖσ ἐψήφισται προτέροισ βινεῖν, ὑμᾶσ δὲ τέωσ θρῖα λαβόντασ διφόρου συκῆσ ἐν τοῖσ προθύροισι δέφεσθαι. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, pnigos11)
  • κἀπιστήσει μισεῖν ἀγορὰν καὶ βαλανείων ἀπέχεσθαι, καὶ τοῖσ αἰσχροῖσ αἰσχύνεσθαι, κἂν σκώπτῃ τίσ σε φλέγεσθαι· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, epirrheme 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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