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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

  • ἐπαινετὰ μέν ἐστι τὰ καλά, ψεκτὰ δὲ τὰ αἰσχρά. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 2:1)
  • τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν, ψεκτὰ δὲ τὰ ἐναντία. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 3:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἥ τε ἀρετὴ καὶ ἡ κακία καὶ τὰ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἔργα τὰ μὲν ἐπαινετὰ τὰ δὲ ψεκτά ψέγεται γὰρ καὶ ἐπαινεῖται οὐ διὰ τὰ ἐξ ἀνάγκησ ἢ τύχησ ἢ φύσεωσ ὑπάρχοντα, ἀλλ’ ὅσων αὐτοὶ αἴτιοι ἐσμέν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 104:3)
  • ἥ τε γὰρ εὐτραπελία ἡ τοιαύτη, καὶ μὴ ἣν μεταφέροντεσ λέγομεν, ἐπιεικεστάτη ἕξισ, καὶ ἡ μεσότησ ἐπαινετή, τὰ δ’ ἄκρα ψεκτά. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 137:4)
  • ῥητέον οὖν καὶ περὶ τούτων, ἵνα μᾶλλον κατίδωμεν ὅτι ἐν πᾶσιν ἡ μεσότησ ἐπαινετόν, τὰ δ’ ἄκρα οὔτ’ ἐπαινετὰ οὔτ’ ὀρθὰ ἀλλὰ ψεκτά. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 85:3)

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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