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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

  • οἱ πλείονεσ δὲ αὐτῶν τραυματίαι γυμνοὶ διεσώθησαν, καὶ αὐτὸσ δὲ ὁ Λυσίασ αἰσχρῶσ φεύγων διεσώθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 11:12)
  • παιδεία ἀκάκου γνωρίζεται ὑπὸ τῶν παριόντων, οἱ δὲ μισοῦντεσ ἐλέγχουσ τελευτῶσιν αἰσχρῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:10)
  • τῶν περὶ θάνατον, καὶ τὸ εὐθαρσῆ ἐν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ, καὶ τὸ εὔτολμον πρὸσ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ, καὶ τὸ μᾶλλον αἱρεῖσθαι τεθνάναι καλῶσ ἢ αἰσχρῶσ σωθῆναι, καὶ τὸ νίκησ αἴτιον εἶναι. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 17:1)
  • ἐβουλόμην μέν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, μὴ λίαν οὕτωσ Ἁγνόθεον πρὸσ χρήματ’ ἔχειν αἰσχρῶσ, ὥστε τοῖσ ἀλλοτρίοισ ἐπιβουλεύειν καὶ δίκασ τοιαύτασ λαγχάνειν, ἀλλ’ ὄντα γε οὖν ἀδελφιδοῦν ἐμὸν καὶ κύριον τῆσ πατρῴασ οὐσίασ οὐ μικρᾶσ ἀλλ’ ἱκανῆσ ὥστε καὶ λειτουργεῖν, ὑφ’ ἡμῶν αὐτῷ παραδοθείσησ, ταύτησ ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, τῶν δ’ ἐμῶν μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 83)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν μὲν ἀνῄρηκε καὶ πέπρακε καὶ αἰσχρῶσ καὶ κακῶσ διολώλεκεν, ὡσ οὐκ ἂν ἐβουλόμην, πιστεύων δ’ ἑταιρίαισ καὶ λόγων παρασκευαῖσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ἐλήλυθεν, ἀνάγκη, ὡσ ἐοίκε, συμφορὰν μὲν εἶναι νομίζειν, ὅτι τοιοῦτόσ ἐστιν οἰκεῖοσ ὤν, ἀπολογεῖσθαι δὲ περὶ ὧν ἐγκέκληκε καὶ ἔξω με τοῦ πράγματοσ διαβέβληκεν ὡσ ἂν οὖν δυνώμεθα προθυμότατα πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 8 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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