Strong G149αἰσχρόν
shameful
- Transliteration
- aischron
- Pronunciation
- ahee-skhron'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Neuter of G150; a shameful thing that is indecorum: - shame.
Detailed definition
αἰσχρός, -ά, όν
(αἶσχος, shame, disgrace), [in LXX: Gen.41:3 ff. (רַע, רֹעַ), Jdth.12:12, al.;]
base, shameful: 1Co.11:6 14:35, Eph.5:12, Tit.1:11 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
(αἶσχος, shame, disgrace), [in LXX: Gen.41:3 ff. (רַע, רֹעַ), Jdth.12:12, al.;]
base, shameful: 1Co.11:6 14:35, Eph.5:12, Tit.1:11 (MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
αἰσχρός, ά, όν,
also ός, όν [Refs (“APl.” 4.151)]: (αἶσχος):—in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], causing shame, dishonouring, reproachful, νείκεσσεν.. αἰσχροῖς ἐπέεσσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.38, etc.)] adverb αἰσχρῶς, ἐνένισπεν[Refs (23.473.)]
II opposed to καλός:
II.1 of outward appearance, ugly, ill-favoured, of Thersites, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.216, compare “hymnus ad Apollinem” 197, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196 (_comparative_))], etc.; deformed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14 (_superlative_))]; αἰσχρῶς χωλός with an ugly lameness, [Refs ([prev. work] 63: but commonly,)]
II.2 in moral sense, shameful, base, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 685, etc.; αἰσχροῖς γὰρ αἰσχρὰ πράγματ᾽ ἐκδιδάσκεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 621)]; αἰσχρόν [ἐστι], with infinitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.298, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 473, etc.)]; αἰσχρόν, εἰ πύθοιτό τις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1159; ἐν αἰσχρῷ θέσθαι τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 806)]; ἐπ᾽ αἰσχροῖς on the ground of base actions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 188, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 511:)] —τὸ αἰ. as substantive, dishonour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 476)]; τὸ ἐμὸν αἰ. my disgrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9)]; τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ αἰ. virtue and vice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366a24, etc.)] adverb, shamefully, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 989, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 183d, etc.)]: superlative αἴσχιστα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 959, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 367.)]
II.3 ill-suited, αἰ. ὁ καιρός[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.178)]; αἰ. πρός τι awkward at it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.7; αἰσχρὸν καὶ ἄτεχνον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 30.)]
III Regul. comparative and superlative -ότερος, -ότατος are late, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.58S. (probably), 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.587b: elsewhere αἰσχίων, αἴσχιστος)] (formed from a Root αἰσχο-), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.437, 2.216)]; double superlative αἰσχιστότατος[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem commentarii” p.124)] C. adverb, superlative αἰσχίστως[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.163a, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.21.)]
also ός, όν [Refs (“APl.” 4.151)]: (αἶσχος):—in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], causing shame, dishonouring, reproachful, νείκεσσεν.. αἰσχροῖς ἐπέεσσιν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.38, etc.)] adverb αἰσχρῶς, ἐνένισπεν[Refs (23.473.)]
II opposed to καλός:
II.1 of outward appearance, ugly, ill-favoured, of Thersites, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.216, compare “hymnus ad Apollinem” 197, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.196 (_comparative_))], etc.; deformed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14 (_superlative_))]; αἰσχρῶς χωλός with an ugly lameness, [Refs ([prev. work] 63: but commonly,)]
II.2 in moral sense, shameful, base, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.155, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 685, etc.; αἰσχροῖς γὰρ αἰσχρὰ πράγματ᾽ ἐκδιδάσκεται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 621)]; αἰσχρόν [ἐστι], with infinitive, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.298, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 473, etc.)]; αἰσχρόν, εἰ πύθοιτό τις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1159; ἐν αἰσχρῷ θέσθαι τι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 806)]; ἐπ᾽ αἰσχροῖς on the ground of base actions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 188, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 511:)] —τὸ αἰ. as substantive, dishonour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 476)]; τὸ ἐμὸν αἰ. my disgrace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9)]; τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ αἰ. virtue and vice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1366a24, etc.)] adverb, shamefully, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 989, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 183d, etc.)]: superlative αἴσχιστα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 959, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 367.)]
II.3 ill-suited, αἰ. ὁ καιρός[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.178)]; αἰ. πρός τι awkward at it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.7; αἰσχρὸν καὶ ἄτεχνον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 30.)]
III Regul. comparative and superlative -ότερος, -ότατος are late, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.58S. (probably), 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.587b: elsewhere αἰσχίων, αἴσχιστος)] (formed from a Root αἰσχο-), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.437, 2.216)]; double superlative αἰσχιστότατος[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem commentarii” p.124)] C. adverb, superlative αἰσχίστως[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.163a, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.21.)]