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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

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

  • βαρυθυμία καὶ μικροψυχία, ταπεινότησ, ἀμετρία, ἀγένεια, μισανθρωπία. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 42:1)
  • γίγνεται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τρόπου μισολογία τε καὶ μισανθρωπία. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 551:3)
  • ἥ τε γὰρ μισανθρωπία ἐνδύεται ἐκ τοῦ σφόδρα τινὶ πιστεῦσαι ἄνευ τέχνησ, καὶ ἡγήσασθαι παντάπασί γε ἀληθῆ εἶναι καὶ ὑγιῆ καὶ πιστὸν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἔπειτα ὀλίγον ὕστερον εὑρεῖν τοῦτον πονηρόν τε καὶ ἄπιστον, καὶ αὖθισ ἕτερον· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 551:4)

Synonyms

  1. hatred of mankind

Related

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

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