αἰσχροποιΐα

Ancient Greek

From αἰσχρός (aiskhrós, “shameful, obscene”) +‎ ποιέω (poiéō, “to do, make”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā).

αἰσχροποιΐᾱ • (aiskhropoiḯā) f (genitive αἰσχροποιΐᾱς); first declension

First declension of ἡ αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱ; τῆς αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱ hē aiskhropoiĭ̈́ā	τὼ αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱ tṑ aiskhropoiĭ̈́ā	αἱ αἰσχροποιῐ̈́αι hai aiskhropoiĭ̈́ai
Genitive	τῆς αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱς tês aiskhropoiĭ̈́ās	τοῖν αἰσχροποιῐ̈́αιν toîn aiskhropoiĭ̈́ain	τῶν αἰσχροποιῐ̈ῶν tôn aiskhropoiĭ̈ôn
Dative	τῇ αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾳ tēî aiskhropoiĭ̈́āi	τοῖν αἰσχροποιῐ̈́αιν toîn aiskhropoiĭ̈́ain	ταῖς αἰσχροποιῐ̈́αις taîs aiskhropoiĭ̈́ais
Accusative	τὴν αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱν tḕn aiskhropoiĭ̈́ān	τὼ αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱ tṑ aiskhropoiĭ̈́ā	τᾱ̀ς αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱς tā̀s aiskhropoiĭ̈́ās
Vocative	αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱ aiskhropoiĭ̈́ā	αἰσχροποιῐ̈́ᾱ aiskhropoiĭ̈́ā	αἰσχροποιῐ̈́αι aiskhropoiĭ̈́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

In Aristophanic scholia, αἰσχροποιΐᾱ (aiskhropoiḯā) functions as a euphemism for a specific sexual practice (LSJ: fellatio), rather than a general term for immoral behavior.
The compound mirrors other moralized action nouns in -ποιΐᾱ (-poiḯā), denoting the performance of an act rather than a disposition.

“αἰσχροποιΐα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
αἰσχροποιΐα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
“αἰσχροποιΐα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers