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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

  • ἐπαινετὰ μέν ἐστι τὰ καλά, ψεκτὰ δὲ τὰ αἰσχρά. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 2:1)
  • αἰσχρὰ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ταῦτα φὴσ τὰ περὶ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ὅμωσ δ’ οὖν, ὦ Μῶμε, τὰ πολλὰ αὐτῶν αἰνίγματά ἐστιν, καὶ οὐ πάνυ χρὴ καταγελᾶν ἀμύητον ὄντα. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 11:1)
  • τοῖσ δέ γε κωμῳδοῖσ καὶ λοιδορεῖσθαι καὶ ἀποσκώπτειν ἐφίεμεν εἰσ τοὺσ πολίτασ οὓσ ἂν αἰσχρὰ καὶ ἀνάξια τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐπιτηδεύοντασ αἴσθωνται, αὐτῶν τε ἐκείνων χάριν, ἀμείνουσ γὰρ οὕτω γίγνονται ὀνειδιζόμενοι, καὶ τῶν πολλῶν, ὡσ φεύγοιεν τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ὁμοίοισ ἔλεγχον. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 22:4)
  • τὸ γοῦν δεινότατον τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὅτι μηδὲ ἰάσεώσ τινα ἡμῖν ὑποφαίνεισ ἐλπίδα, ἐπαινεῖν τολμῶν τὰ οὕτωσ αἰσχρὰ καὶ κατάπτυστα. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 4:5)
  • τούτων οὐ τοῦ γελοίου ἕνεκα ἐπεμνήσθην,^ ἀλλ’ ὡσ ἴδῃσ ὅτι καὶ δῆμοι ὅλοι μεγάλην σπουδὴν ἐποιήσαντο ἐπὶ τῇ ὀρχηστικῇ, ὡσ ῥυθμίζειν τὰ καλὰ καὶ τὰ αἰσχρὰ αὐτῆσ δύνασθαι. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 76:6)

Synonyms

  1. causing shame

  2. ugly

  3. shameful

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