Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

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

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

  • ὡσ γάρ μιν ἡ συμφορὴ κατέλαβεν, ἀμηχανέων τῷ κακῷ αἰσχρῷ δοκέοντι κατ’ ἡσυχίην ἐνόσεεν, ἔκειτο δὲ ἀλγέων οὐδέν, καὶ οἱ ἥ τε χροιὴ πάμπαν ἐτρέπετο καὶ τὸ σῶμα δι’ ἡμέρησ ἐμαραίνετο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 17:5)
  • ταῦτ’ οὖν ἐν αἰσχρῷ θέμενοσ αἰδέσθητί με· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 2:5)
  • ὃσ εἰ μόνον ἐσκόπει τὸ παρ’ ἡμέραν ἄδοξον, ὤφειλεν ἀντιστὰσ ἐν ἀρχῇ διαγωνίσασθαι περὶ τῆσ Ῥώμησ, ἀλλὰ μὴ τὴν φυγὴν ἐκείνην ἀποφαίνων στρατήγημα Θεμιστόκλειον ὕστερον ἐν αἰσχρῷ τίθεσθαι τὴν ἐν Θετταλίᾳ πρὸ μάχησ διατριβήν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey, chapter 4 3:1)
  • αἰσχρὸν μὲν γὰρ τὸ κολακεύειν δῆμον ἐπὶ τῷ δύνασθαι, τὸ δ’ ἰσχύειν ἐκ τοῦ φοβερὸν εἶναι καὶ κακοῦν καὶ πιέζειν πρὸσ τῷ αἰσχρῷ καὶ ἄδικόν ἐστιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus, chapter 1 4:2)
  • χαριζόμεθα τὸ ποθεῖν καὶ τὸ τιμᾶν καὶ τὸ μεμνῆσθαι τῶν ἀπογενομένων, ἡ δὲ θρήνων ἄπληστοσ ἐπιθυμία καὶ πρὸσ ὀλοφύρσεισ ἐξάγουσα καὶ κοπετοὺσ αἰσχρὰ μὲν οὐχ ἧττον τῆσ περὶ τὰσ ἡδονὰσ ἀκρασίασ, λόγῳ δὲ συγγνώμησ ἔτυχεν, ὅτι τὸ λυπηρὸν αὐτῆσ καὶ πικρὸν ἀντὶ τοῦ τερπνοῦ τῷ αἰσχρῷ πρόσεστι. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad uxorem, section 4 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION