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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

  • ἔτι δοκεῖ μεγαλοψύχου εἶναι τὸ καταφρονητικὸν εἶναι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 97:1)
  • τῷ γὰρ εἶναί τε μάλιστα περὶ τιμὴν καὶ καταφρονητικὸν εἶναι τῶν πολλῶν καὶ δόξησ οὐχ ὁμολογεῖσθαι. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 102:2)
  • καταφρονητικὸν γὰρ ἡ εἰρωνεία. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 2 25:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο καταφρονητικόν, τὸ μὴ ἀξιοῦν, ὧν πάντασ, καὶ αὐτόν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 2 25:3)
  • καὶ καταφρονητικὸν καὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ἐστὶν τοῖσ προγόνοισ αὑτῶν, διότι πόρρω ταὐτὰ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐγγὺσ γιγνόμενα ἐντιμότερα καὶ εὐαλαζόνευτα. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 15 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. contemptuous

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