Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ψεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψεκτός ψεκτή ψεκτόν

Structure: ψεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 분사형

Sense

  1. blamed, blameable

Examples

  • τὸν δὲ θάνατον οὐδετέρου μὲν ἔστιν ἐπαινέσαι, ψεκτὸσ δὲ ὁ Δημητρίου μᾶλλον. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demetrius and Antony, chapter 6 2:1)
  • ψεκτὸσ μὲν γὰρ ὁ Ῥώσκιοσ, ἀναιδεῖσ δὲ Πάρθοι τὰ Μιλησιακὰ ψέγοντεσ, ὧν πολλοὶ βεβασιλεύκασιν ἐκ Μιλησίων καὶ Ιὠνίδων ἑταιρῶν γεγονότεσ Ἀρσακίδαι. (Plutarch, chapter 32 5:1)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν ἄξιοσ μικρῶν, μεγάλων δ’ ἀξιῶν ἑαυτὸν ψεκτόσ ἀνόητον γὰρ καὶ οὐ καλὸν τὸ παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τυγχάνειν, ψεκτὸσ δὲ καὶ ὅστισ ἄξιοσ ὢν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ τῶν τοιούτων μετέχειν μὴ ἀξιοῖ ἑαυτόν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 108:2)
  • ὁ δὲ τέταρτοσ τῶν διορισθέντων οὔτε πάμπαν ψεκτὸσ οὔτε μεγαλόψυχοσ, περὶ οὐδὲν ἔχ<ον> ὢν μέγεθοσ· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 113:1)

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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