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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

  • Κλέαρχοσ δ’ ὁ Σολεὺσ ἐν τῷ ἐπιγραφομένῳ Γεργιθίῳ καὶ πόθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ τῶν κολάκων παρῆλθε διηγεῖται καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Γεργίθιον ὑποτιθέμενοσ, ἀφ’ οὗ τὸ βιβλίον ἔχει τὴν ἐπιγραφήν , ἕνα γεγονότα τῶν Ἀλεξάνδρου κολάκων, διηγεῖται δὲ οὕτωσ, τὴν κολακείαν ταπεινὰ ποιεῖν τὰ ἤθη τῶν κολάκων καταφρονητικῶν ὄντων τῶν περὶ αὐτούσ, σημεῖον δὲ τὸ πᾶν ὑπομένειν εἰδότασ οἱᾶ τολμῶσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 671)

Synonyms

  1. contemptuous

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