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

  • ὀφθαλμοὶ πολὺ τὸ γοργὸν καὶ ἔνθεον διεμφαίνοντεσ, φώνημα ἥδιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ λαμπρότατον καὶ ὅλωσ οὐδαμόθεν μεμπτὸσ ἦν ταῦτά γε. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 3:3)
  • οὐ μεμπτόσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 3:31)
  • οὐδὲν σὺ μεμπτόσ· (Euripides, Helen, episode 1:14)
  • οὐ μεμπτὸσ ἡμῖν ὁ γάμοσ ἐσ τόδ’ ἡμέρασ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 5:50)
  • οὐ λέγω δὲ ὅτι Τιμολέων μεμπτόσ ἐστιν οἰκίαν τε καλὴν λαβὼν καὶ χωρίον· (Plutarch, Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius, chapter 2 4:2)

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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