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

  • Ἰσιδότου, γεννάδαν ὄντα καὶ τῶν ἀνταγωνιστῶν ἑκατέρων ἀλκιμώτερον, εἰ αὐτὸσ μὲν αἴσχιστοσ ὀφθῆναι εἰή τὴν ὄψιν, Ἀλκαῖοσ δὲ ὁ καλὸσ ὁ Μιλήσιοσ ἀνταγωνίζοιτο αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐρώμενοσ, ὥσ φασι, τοῦ Νικοστράτου ὤν. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 9 2:1)
  • καὶ τότε λέγων εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτόν ὡσ οὐδὲ καλὸσ ἔτι φαίνοιτο τὴν ὄψιν αὐτῷ τοιαῦτα δράσασ, ἀλλὰ πάντων αἴσχιστοσ. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 50 1:3)
  • οὐ γάρ ποτ’ εὔνουν τὴν ἐμὴν κτήσει φρένα, ὅστισ γ’ ἐμοῦ δόλοισι τὸν βίον λαβὼν ἀπεστέρηκασ, κᾆτα νουθετεῖσ ἐμὲ ἐλθών, ἀρίστου πατρὸσ αἴσχιστοσ γεγώσ. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 1:27)
  • νὴ Δί’, ἔφη ὁ Κριτόβουλοσ, ἢ πάντων Σειληνῶν τῶν ἐν τοῖσ σατυρικοῖσ αἴσχιστοσ ἂν εἰήν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 20:4)
  • καὶ ὁ πρὸσ πενταθλίαν καλὸσ ὁ αὐτὸσ οὗτοσ πρὸσ πάλην αἴσχιστοσ; (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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