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ψεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψεκτός ψεκτή ψεκτόν

Structure: ψεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 분사형

Sense

  1. blamed, blameable

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. blamed

Related

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

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