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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

  • εἰ δ’ ἐσ τόδ’ ἔλθοι, στέφανοσ οὐκ αἰσχρὸσ πόλει καλῶσ ὀλέσθαι, μὴ καλῶσ δὲ δυσκλεέσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic 2:10)
  • ταῦτ’ ἄρ’ ὁ Φιλοκλέησ αἰσχρὸσ ὢν αἰσχρῶσ ποιεῖ, ὁ δ’ αὖ Ξενοκλέησ ὢν κακὸσ κακῶσ ποιεῖ, ὁ δ’ αὖ Θέογνισ ψυχρὸσ ὢν ψυχρῶσ ποιεῖ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 1:9)
  • ὁ δὲ τούτων σοφόσ, οὐκ ἀπολιπόντοσ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ γήρωσ ἀλλὰ καὶ προσεπιθέντοσ καὶ προσεπιχώσαντοσ, μένων κυρτόσ, ἂν οὕτω τύχῃ, νωδὸσ ἑτερόφθαλμοσ, οὔτ’ αἰσχρὸσ οὔτε δύσμορφοσ οὔτε κακοπρόσωπόσ ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Compendium Argumenti Stoicos absurdiora poetis dicere, section 3 2:2)
  • "πότε δ’ εἰσῆλθεν ἢ λόγοσ αἰσχρὸσ ἢ πράξεωσ ὑπόνοια φαύλησ ἔθιγε τῆσ οἰκίασ; (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 11 6:6)
  • καὶ πάλιν, αἰσχρόσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ κακῶσ ἔχων ὁ νόμοσ, ὅμοιοσ φθόνῳ τινὶ καὶ φιλονεικίᾳ, εἶτα μηδὲν ἔτι ἔχων εἰπεῖν ἀξιοπίστωσ τῇ παραλείψει ἐχρήσατο, καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἐῶ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 21:4)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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