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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From αἶσχ(ος) (aîskh(os), “shame”) + -ρός (-rós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯s.kʰrós/ → /ɛsˈxros/ → /esˈxros/
Adjective
αἰσχρός • (aiskhrós) m (feminine αἰσχρᾱ́, neuter αἰσχρόν); first/second declension
- causing shame, dishonoring, reproachful
- (of outward appearance) ugly, deformed
- Antonym: καλός (kalós)
- shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous
- ill-suited, inappropriate
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References
- “αἰσχρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰσχρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἰσχρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰσχρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰσχρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- αἰσχρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “αἰσχρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G150 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- atrocious idem, page 49.
- base idem, page 64.
- black idem, page 80.
- blackguard idem, page 81.
- blackguardly idem, page 81.
- contemptible idem, page 167.
- debased idem, page 199.
- deformed idem, page 205.
- degraded idem, page 206.
- degrading idem, page 206.
- depraved idem, page 212.
- despicable idem, page 217.
- dirty idem, page 227.
- discreditable idem, page 231.
- disgraceful idem, page 233.
- dishonourable idem, page 234.
- disreputable idem, page 238.
- filthy idem, page 320.
- forbidding idem, page 335.
- foul idem, page 340.
- frightful idem, page 345.
- graceless idem, page 368.
- guilty idem, page 379.
- heinous idem, page 395.
- hideous idem, page 398.
- ignoble idem, page 414.
- ignominious idem, page 414.
- ill-favoured idem, page 416.
- ill-gotten idem, page 416.
- immoral idem, page 418.
- impure idem, page 425.
- indecent idem, page 431.
- indelicate idem, page 432.
- infamous idem, page 437.
- iniquitous idem, page 441.
- low idem, page 502.
- mean idem, page 519.
- nefarious idem, page 554.
- obscene idem, page 566.
- outrageous idem, page 583.
- plain idem, page 616.
- profligate idem, page 653.
- scandalous idem, page 737.
- scurvy idem, page 743.
- shameful idem, page 761.
- sordid idem, page 794.
- ugly idem, page 905.
- uncleanly idem, page 909.
- uncomely idem, page 910.
- undignified idem, page 914.
- unhallowed idem, page 920.
- unpardonable idem, page 927.
- vicious idem, page 950.
- vile idem, page 952.
- villainous idem, page 952.
- wicked idem, page 978.