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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

  • ἑκάστη δ’ ἀρετὴ καταφρονητικοὺσ ποιεῖ τῶν παρὰ τὸν λόγον μεγάλων, οἱο͂ν ἀνδρεία κινδύνων μέγα γὰρ οἰέται εἶναι τῶν αἰσχρῶν, καὶ πλῆθοσ οὐ πᾶν φοβερόν, καὶ σώφρων ἡδονῶν μεγάλων καὶ πολλῶν, καὶ ἐλευθέριοσ χρημάτων. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 97:2)
  • ἀνάγκη δὲ τοὺσ οὕτωσ ἔχοντασ ὥστε ζηλῶσαί τινασ ἢ ζηλοῦσθαι καταφρονητικοὺσ εἶναι τούτων τε καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ὅσοι τὰ ἐναντία κακὰ ἔχουσι τῶν ἀγαθῶν τῶν ζηλωτῶν· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 11 7:4)

Synonyms

  1. contemptuous

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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