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ἀσχημονέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσχημονέω

Structure: ἀσχημονέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)sxh/mwn

Sense

  1. to behave unseemly, disgrace oneself, to be put to shame

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀσχημονῶ ἀσχημονεῖς ἀσχημονεῖ
Dual ἀσχημονεῖτον ἀσχημονεῖτον
Plural ἀσχημονοῦμεν ἀσχημονεῖτε ἀσχημονοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀσχημονῶ ἀσχημονῇς ἀσχημονῇ
Dual ἀσχημονῆτον ἀσχημονῆτον
Plural ἀσχημονῶμεν ἀσχημονῆτε ἀσχημονῶσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀσχημονοῖμι ἀσχημονοῖς ἀσχημονοῖ
Dual ἀσχημονοῖτον ἀσχημονοίτην
Plural ἀσχημονοῖμεν ἀσχημονοῖτε ἀσχημονοῖεν
ImperativeSingular ἀσχημόνει ἀσχημονείτω
Dual ἀσχημονεῖτον ἀσχημονείτων
Plural ἀσχημονεῖτε ἀσχημονούντων, ἀσχημονείτωσαν
Infinitive ἀσχημονεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀσχημονων ἀσχημονουντος ἀσχημονουσα ἀσχημονουσης ἀσχημονουν ἀσχημονουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀσχημονοῦμαι ἀσχημονεῖ, ἀσχημονῇ ἀσχημονεῖται
Dual ἀσχημονεῖσθον ἀσχημονεῖσθον
Plural ἀσχημονούμεθα ἀσχημονεῖσθε ἀσχημονοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀσχημονῶμαι ἀσχημονῇ ἀσχημονῆται
Dual ἀσχημονῆσθον ἀσχημονῆσθον
Plural ἀσχημονώμεθα ἀσχημονῆσθε ἀσχημονῶνται
OptativeSingular ἀσχημονοίμην ἀσχημονοῖο ἀσχημονοῖτο
Dual ἀσχημονοῖσθον ἀσχημονοίσθην
Plural ἀσχημονοίμεθα ἀσχημονοῖσθε ἀσχημονοῖντο
ImperativeSingular ἀσχημονοῦ ἀσχημονείσθω
Dual ἀσχημονεῖσθον ἀσχημονείσθων
Plural ἀσχημονεῖσθε ἀσχημονείσθων, ἀσχημονείσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀσχημονεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀσχημονουμενος ἀσχημονουμενου ἀσχημονουμενη ἀσχημονουμενης ἀσχημονουμενον ἀσχημονουμενου

Imperfect tense

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

  • κἂν ἄνθρωποσ δέ που παρῇ πρεσβύτεροσ καὶ τῇ προαιρέσει σπουδαῖοσ, αἰδοῦνται λέγειν τι τῶν ἀσχημόνων ἢ καὶ πράττειν, ὡσ καὶ Ἐπίχαρμόσ που φησιν ἀλλὰ καὶ σιγῆν ἀγαθὸν ὅκκα παρέωντι κάρρονεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 65 1:4)
  • κηρύττεταί τισ ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ, ὅτι στεφανοῦται ἀρετῆσ ἕνεκα καὶ ἀνδραγαθίασ καὶ εὐνοίασ, ἄνθρωποσ ἀσχημονῶν τῷ βίῳ καὶ βδελυρόσ· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 2462)
  • τὰσ τῶν ἀσχημόνων, ἃσ οὓσ εἴπομεν δυσχερεῖσ μισοῦσι παντελῶσ. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 212:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ἐπιεικῶν οὐδὲ πόλεων σωφρόνων, μᾶλλον δὲ ἑταιρῶν ἀσχημόνων ἀπὸ οἰκήματοσ ἑκατέρασ οὐδὲν αἰσχυνομένων ῥῆμα ἀκόλαστον εἰπεῖν, ᾗ φησιν Ὅμηροσ, αἵ τε χολωσάμεναι ἀγορῆσ ἐσ μέσσον ἰοῦσαι νεικεῦσ̓ ἀλλήλῃσι, χόλοσ δέ τε καὶ τὰ κελεύει. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 51:2)
  • οὐ θέλεισ οὖν ἰδεῖν πρῶτον, εἰ πληροῖ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν ἀσχημονῶν, καὶ οὕτωσ τῷ ἐπιτηδεύματι ἐγκαλεῖν; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. to behave unseemly

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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