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μισανθρωπία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μισανθρωπία

Structure: μισανθρωπι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from mi_sa/nqrwpos

Sense

  1. hatred of mankind

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μισανθρωπία μισανθρωπίᾱ μισανθρωπίαι
Genitive μισανθρωπίᾱς μισανθρωπίαιν μισανθρωπιῶν
Dative μισανθρωπίᾱͅ μισανθρωπίαιν μισανθρωπίαις
Accusative μισανθρωπίᾱν μισανθρωπίᾱ μισανθρωπίᾱς
Vocative μισανθρωπίᾱ μισανθρωπίᾱ μισανθρωπίαι

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

  • φιλανθρωπίασ δὲ κοινῆσ καὶ τῆσ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ εὐνοίασ δεῖγμά ἐστιν ὁ λόγοσ, οὐ πικρίασ οὐδὲ μισανθρωπίασ. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 8:5)
  • οὐ τοίνυν οὐδ’ ἃ πέπλασται οὗτοσ καὶ βαδίζει παρὰ τοὺσ τοίχουσ ἐσκυθρωπακώσ, σωφροσύνησ ἄν τισ ἡγήσαιτ’ εἰκότωσ εἶναι σημεῖα, ἀλλὰ μισανθρωπίασ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 107:1)
  • τίσ γάρ ἐστι νόμοσ τοσαύτησ ἀδικίασ καὶ μισανθρωπίασ μεστὸσ ὥστε τὸν δόντα τι τῶν ἰδίων καὶ ποιήσαντα πρᾶγμα φιλάνθρωπον καὶ φιλόδωρον τῆσ χάριτοσ μὲν ἀποστερεῖν, εἰσ τοὺσ συκοφάντασ δ’ ἄγειν, καὶ τούτουσ ἐπὶ τὰσ εὐθύνασ ὧν ἔδωκεν ἐφιστάναι; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 161:3)
  • εἰ μὲν γὰρ καλῶσ ἦν ἰδεῖν χρωμένουσ ὡσ τὸ πολὺ τοῖσ παῤ αὐτῆσ ἀγαθοῖσ τοὺσ λαμβάνοντασ καὶ μὴ τοὐναντίον εὐθὺσ ὕβρεωσ καὶ μισανθρωπίασ καὶ θρασύτητοσ ἐμπιμπλαμένουσ, οὐκ ἂν ὀρθῶσ ἐποίει μὴ τοῖσ αὐτοῖσ παραμένουσα· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. hatred of mankind

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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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