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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)
  • ἔτι δοκεῖ μεγαλοψύχου εἶναι τὸ καταφρονητικὸν εἶναι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 97:1)
  • 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)
  • τῷ γὰρ εἶναί τε μάλιστα περὶ τιμὴν καὶ καταφρονητικὸν εἶναι τῶν πολλῶν καὶ δόξησ οὐχ ὁμολογεῖσθαι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 102:2)
  • 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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