αἰσχύνω?
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration: aischynō
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.
- πληγαὶ καὶ ἔλεγχοι διδόασι σοφίαν, παῖς δὲ πλανώμενος αἰσχύνει γονεῖς αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:15)
- αἰσχύνεσθε ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς περὶ πορνείας καὶ ἀπὸ ἡγουμένου καὶ δυνάστου περὶ ψεύδους, (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 41:17)
- ἡ δέ γε σώφρων χρυσῷ ^ μὲν τὰ ἀρκοῦντα καὶ μόνον τὰ ἀναγκαῖα προσχρῆται, τὸ δ αὑτῆς κάλλος οὐκ ἂν αἰσχύνοιτο, οἶμαι, καὶ γυμνὴ δεικνύουσα. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 7:5)
- καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὡς εἰς τοσούτους ἀποδυσόμενοι εὐεξίας τε ἐπιμελοῦνται, ὡς μὴ αἰσχύνοιντο γυμνωθέντες, καὶ ἀξιονικότατον ἕκαστος αὑτὸν ἀπεργάζεται. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 36:6)
- ἐμοὶ δὲ οὐ πάνυ ἱκανόν, εἰ καινοποιεῖν δοκοίην, μηδὲ ἔχοι τις λέγειν ἀρχαιότερόν τι τοῦ πλάσματος, οὗ τοῦτο ἀπόγονόν ἐστιν, ἀλλ᾿ εἰ μὴ καὶ χάριεν φαίνοιτο, αἰσχυνοίμην ἄν, εὖ ἴσθι, ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ καὶ ξυμπατήσας ἂν ἀφανίσαιμι: (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 7:4)
- Ὅρκος <Οὐκ αἰσχυνῶ τὰ ἱερὰ ὅπλα, οὐδὲ λείψω τὸν παραστάτην ὅπου ἂν στοιχήσω: (Lycurgus, Speeches, 100:3)
Synonyms
-
to dishonour
-
to be dishonoured
-
to be ashamed
-
to be ashamed at
- δυσωπέω (to be ashamed of)
- ἐπαισχύνομαι (to be ashamed at or of, to be ashamed, to be ashamed of)
-
to feel shame before one
