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καταφρονητικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταφρονητικός καταφρονητική καταφρονητικόν

Structure: καταφρονητικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from katafrone/w

Sense

  1. contemptuous, disdainful

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ μηδὲν πρὸσ ἕτερον ζῶν καταφρονητικὸσ αὐθάδησ, ὁ δὲ πάντα πρὸσ ἄλλον ἢ καὶ πάντων ἐλάττων ἄρεσκοσ, ὁ δὲ τὰ μὲν τὰ δὲ μή, καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀξίουσ οὕτωσ ἔχων σεμνόσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 131:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ἄνθρωποσ πρὸσ τῷ φύσει μεγαλόφρων εἶναι καὶ πάντων τῶν ἀπροαιρέτων καταφρονητικὸσ ἔτι κἀκεῖνο ἔσχηκε τὸ μὴ ἐρριζῶσθαι μηδὲ προσπεφυκέναι τῇ γῇ, ἀλλὰ ἄλλοτ’ ἐπ’ ἄλλουσ ἱέσθαι τόπουσ ποτὲ μὲν χρειῶν τινων ἐπειγουσῶν, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ αὐτῆσ τῆσ θέασ ἕνεκα. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. contemptuous

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