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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

  • σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστα τῶν περὶ τὸ ἦθοσ ἐπαινετῶν καὶ ψεκτῶν τὰ μὲν ὑπερβολαὶ τὰ δ’ ἐλλείψεισ τὰ δὲ μεσότητέσ εἰσι παθητικαί. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 124:1)
  • δοκεῖ δὴ ἥ τε ἐγκράτεια καὶ καρτερία τῶν σπουδαίων καὶ τῶν ἐπαινετῶν εἶναι, ἡ δ’ ἀκρασία τε καὶ μαλακία τῶν φαύλων καὶ ψεκτῶν, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸσ ἐγκρατὴσ καὶ ἐμμενετικὸσ τῷ λογισμῷ, καὶ ἀκρατὴσ καὶ ἐκστατικὸσ τοῦ λογισμοῦ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 8:2)
  • τῇ δὲ μοχθηρίᾳ οὐ συγγνώμη, οὐδὲ τῶν ἄλλων οὐδενὶ τῶν ψεκτῶν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 16:1)
  • ἡ γὰρ ἀκρασία οὐ μόνον φευκτὸν ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ψεκτῶν ἐστίν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 61:1)
  • Εἰ μὲν οὖν ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν κατορθωμάτων ἢ καὶ τῶν ἐλαττωμάτων ἱκανὴν ἐνεδέχετο ποιήσασθαι τὴν διάληψιν ὑπὲρ τῶν ψεκτῶν ἢ τοὐναντίον ἐπαινετῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ πολιτευμάτων, ἐνθάδε που λήγειν ἂν ἡμᾶσ ἔδει καὶ καταστρέφειν ἅμα τὴν διήγησιν καὶ τὴν πραγματείαν ἐπὶ τὰσ τελευταίασ ῥηθείσασ πράξεισ κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ πρόθεσιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 4 1:1)

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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