Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεμπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεμπτός μεμπτή μεμπτόν

Structure: μεμπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be blamed, blameworthy, contemptible
  2. throwing blame upon

Examples

  • οὐκέτι μεμπτοὶ Πέρσαι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1192)
  • οὐδὲ ἐν τούτοισ Ἀθηναῖοι μεμπτοί. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 5 4:3)
  • εἰ μὲν δὴ μεμπτοί εἰσιν ὑμῖν οἱ μέχρι δεῦρο πονηθέντεσ πόνοι καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐγὼ ἡγούμενοσ, οὐδὲν ἔτι προὔργου λέγειν μοί ἐστιν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 25 3:2)
  • "Τοὺσ μὲν οὖν καιροὺσ καὶ τὰ ἐσ τοῦτον ἔργα ἐπιμηχανησόμεθα ἡμεῖσ, οὐ μεμπτοὶ καὶ τῆσ ἐχθὲσ ὁρμῆσ τε καὶ μηχανῆσ ὑμῖν γενόμενοι· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 16 4:1)
  • νῦν δὲ ὁρ́οι μὲν δήπουθεν οὐ μεμπτοὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ ἐκτέτανται, οὐδ’ ὥστε εἶναι μέτρῳ λαβεῖν τὸ ἐντὸσ αὐτῶν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:9)

Synonyms

  1. to be blamed

  2. throwing blame upon

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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