αἰσχύνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
αἰσχύνω
Structure:
αἰσχύν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to make ugly, disfigure, mar
- to dishonour, tarnish
- to dishonour
- to be dishonoured
- to be ashamed, feel shame
- to be ashamed at, to be ashamed at doing, to be ashamed to do
- to feel shame before one
Conjugation
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.
- καὶ παρεβιάσαντο αὐτὸν ἕωσ οὗ ᾐσχύνετο. καὶ εἶπεν. ἀποστείλατε. καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πεντήκοντα ἄνδρασ, καὶ ἐζήτησαν τρεῖσ ἡμέρασ καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 2:17)
- καίτοι Σωκράτει μὲν ἀπέχρησε πλάτανοσ εὐφυὴσ καὶ πόα εὐθαλὴσ καὶ πηγὴ διαυγὴσ μικρὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰλισσοῦ, κἀνταῦθα καθεζόμενοσ Φαίδρου τε τοῦ Μυρρινουσίου κατειρωνεύετο καὶ τὸν Λυσίου τοῦ Κεφάλου λόγον διήλεγχε καὶ τὰσ Μούσασ ἐκάλει, καὶ ἐπίστευεν ἥξειν αὐτὰσ ἐπὶ τὴν ἐρημίαν συλληψομένασ τῶν περὶ τοῦ ἔρωτοσ λόγων, καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχύνετο γέρων ἄνθρωποσ παρακαλῶν παρθένουσ συνᾳσομένασ τὰ παιδεραστικά. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 4:6)
- ἡ μὲν γὰρ Ἠχὼ οὐδὲ ἀποκρίνεσθαι αὐτῷ ἤθελεν οὕτω λάλοσ οὖσα βρυχωμένῳ, ἀλλ̓ ᾐσχύνετο, εἰ φανείη μιμουμένη τραχεῖαν ᾠδὴν καὶ καταγέλαστον. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 46)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐδὲν ἡμεῖσ ἐπεφροντίκειμεν αὐτοῦ, κατ’ ὀλίγον ‐ οὐ γὰρ τέλεον ἦν διάβροχοσ τῇ Μέθῃ ‐ ἀνένηφε πρὸσ τοὺσ λόγουσ καὶ ἀφῃρεῖτο τοὺσ στεφάνουσ καὶ τὴν αὐλητρίδα κατεσιώπα καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ πορφυρίδι ᾐσχύνετο, καὶ ὥσπερ ἐξ ὕπνου βαθέοσ ἀνεγρόμενοσ ἑαυτόν τε ἑώρα ὅπωσ διέκειτο καὶ τοῦ πάλαι βίου κατεγίγνωσκεν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 17:6)
- καὶ γὰρ ἐκνομίωσ μ’ ᾐσχύνετο. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode22)
Synonyms
-
to dishonour
-
to be dishonoured
-
to be ashamed
-
to be ashamed at
-
to feel shame before one
