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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

  • ἡ Ῥέα δὲ ‐ χρὴ γὰρ ἴσωσ καὶ ταῦτα εἰπεῖν ‐ πῶσ οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ καὶ δεινὰ ποιεῖ, γραῦσ μὲν ἤδη καὶ ἔξωροσ οὖσα καὶ τοσούτων μήτηρ θεῶν, παιδεραστοῦσα δὲ ἔτι καὶ ζηλοτυποῦσα καὶ τὸν Ἄττιν ἐπὶ τῶν λεόντων περιφέρουσα, καὶ ταῦτα μηκέτι χρήσιμον εἶναι δυνάμενον; (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 7:2)
  • "τὸν ἄκρατον, φησίν, οἶνον τὸν ἐπὶ τῷ δείπνῳ διδόμενον, ὃν δὴ λέγουσιν Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοσ εἶναι πρόποσιν, ὀλίγον τε προσφέρουσιν, ὥσπερ ἀναμιμνήσκοντεσ μόνον τῇ γεύσει τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ δωρεάν, καὶ μετὰ τὴν πλήρωσιν διδόασιν, ὅπωσ ἐλάχιστον ᾖ τὸ πινόμενον καὶ τρίτον προσκυνήσαντεσ λαμβάνουσιν ἀπὸ τῆσ τραπέζησ, ὥσπερ ἱκετείαν τινὰ ποιούμενοι τοῦ θεοῦ μηθὲν ἀσχημονεῖν μηδ’ ἔχειν ἰσχυρὰν ἐπιθυμίαν τοῦ πότου,12 καὶ λαμβάνειν ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὰ καλὰ καὶ χρήσιμα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 481)
  • ὁρ́α γὰρ τὸν ἐπίκωμον Ἀλκιβιάδην ὡσ ἀσχημονεῖ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 8 2:6)
  • καὶ γάρ, εἰ μὲν οἱ δυσωποῦντεσ ἐπὶ δόξῃ καὶ δυνάμει τοῦτο ποιοῦσιν ἄτοπόν ἐστι κοσμοῦντασ ἑτέρουσ καὶ αὔξοντασ ἀσχημονεῖν αὐτοὺσ καὶ κακῶσ ἀκούειν· (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 17 2:2)
  • τοιγαροῦν στρόφοι καὶ πνευμάτια γινόμενα τὸν κεκλημένον ἀσχημονεῖν ποιοῦσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 60 3:3)

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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