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ψέκτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψέκτης ψέκτου

Structure: ψεκτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: ye/gw

Sense

  1. a censurer, disparager

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ψέκτης ψέκτᾱ ψέκται
Genitive ψέκτου ψέκταιν ψεκτῶν
Dative ψέκτῃ ψέκταιν ψέκταις
Accusative ψέκτην ψέκτᾱ ψέκτᾱς
Vocative ψέκτα ψέκτᾱ ψέκται

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

  • Οἱ μὲν οὖν ἰδιῶται οὐ κάρτα γιγνώσκουσι τοὺσ ἐσ ταῦτα διαφέροντασ τῶν πέλασ, ἑτεροίων τε μᾶλλον ἰημάτων ἐπαινέται καὶ ψέκται εἰσίν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 2.5)
  • ἀλλὰ τό γε τοσοῦτον δῆλον, ὅτι ἡ μὲν μέση ἕξισ ἐπαινετή, καθ’ ἣν οἷσ δεῖ ὀργιζόμεθα καὶ ἐφ’ οἷσ δεῖ καὶ ὡσ δεῖ καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα, αἱ δ’ ὑπερβολαὶ καὶ ἐλλείψεισ ψεκταί, καὶ ἐπὶ μικρὸν μὲν γινόμεναι ἠρέμα, ἐπὶ πλέον δὲ μᾶλλον, ἐπὶ πολὺ δὲ σφόδρα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 117:3)
  • ὅτι μὲν οὖν αἱ εἰρημέναι ἕξεισ ψεκταί εἰσιν, οὐκ ἄδηλον, καὶ ὅτι ἡ μέση τούτων ἐπαινετή, καθ’ ἣν ἀποδέξεται ἃ δεῖ καὶ ὡσ δεῖ, ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ δυσχερανεῖ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 120:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ αἱ ἐπιθυμίαι τῶν μὲν καλῶν ἐπαινεταί, τῶν δ’ αἰσχρῶν ψεκταί. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 63:3)

Synonyms

  1. a censurer

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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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