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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

  • καὶ τῶν μὲν καλῶν ἡγοῦνται αἱ ἀρεταί, τῶν δ’ αἰσχρῶν αἱ κακίαι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 2:2)
  • ἀκολασίασ δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ αἱρεῖσθαι τὰσ ἀπολαύσεισ τῶν ἡδονῶν τῶν βλαβερῶν καὶ αἰσχρῶν, καὶ τὸ ὑπολαμβάνειν εὐδαιμονεῖν μάλιστα τοὺσ ἐν ταῖσ τοιαύταισ ἡδοναῖσ ὄντασ, καὶ τὸ φιλογέλοιον εἶναι καὶ τὸ φιλοσκώπτην καὶ φιλευτράπελον, καὶ τὸ ῥᾳδιουργὸν εἶναι ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔργοισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 33:1)
  • ἀλλὰ βαρβάρουσ μὲν τὴν φωνὴν ὥσπερ σύ, ἀξυνέτουσ δὲ τῇ γνώσει, οἱούσ εἰκὸσ εἶναι τοὺσ μηδὲν τῶν καλῶν καὶ αἰσχρῶν καθεωρακότασ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 4:9)
  • ῥυθμίζομεν οὖν τὰσ γνώμασ αὐτῶν νόμουσ τε τοὺσ κοινοὺσ ἐκδιδάσκοντεσ, οἳ δημοσίᾳ πᾶσι πρόκεινται ἀναγιγνώσκειν μεγάλοισ γράμμασιν ἀναγεγραμμένοι, κελεύοντεσ ἅ τε χρὴ ποιεῖν καὶ ὧν ἀπέχεσθαι, καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν συνουσίαισ, παρ’ ὧν λέγειν τὰ δέοντα ἐκμανθάνουσι καὶ πράττειν τὰ δίκαια καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου ἀλλήλοισ συμπολιτεύεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἐφίεσθαι τῶν αἰσχρῶν καὶ ὀρέγεσθαι τῶν καλῶν, βίαιον δὲ μηδὲν ποιεῖν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 22:1)
  • ἐν εἰρήνῃ τε αὖ πολὺ ἀμείνοσιν αὐτοῖσ χρώμεθα περὶ μηδὲν τῶν αἰσχρῶν φιλοτιμουμένοισ μηδ’ ὑπ’ ἀργίασ εἰσ ὕβριν τρεπομένοισ, ἀλλὰ περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα διατρίβουσιν καὶ ἀσχόλοισ οὖσιν ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 30:2)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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