αἰσχροποιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯s.kʰro.poi̯.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛs.kʰro.pyˈos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛs.xro.pyˈos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /es.xro.pyˈos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /es.xro.piˈos/

Adjective

αἰσχροποιός • (aiskhropoiós)

(moral) acting shamefully; performing obscene acts
- 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 1346:
  ἔργων αἰσχροποιῶν
  érgōn aiskhropoiôn
  of shameful deeds.
(euphemistic) committing a specific obscene sexual act
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, 13 582d:
  ὁ αἰσχροποιός
  ho aiskhropoiós
  the doer of shameful acts.

Inflection

Second declension of αἰσχροποιός; αἰσχροποιόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἰσχροποιός aiskhropoiós		αἰσχροποιόν aiskhropoión	αἰσχροποιώ aiskhropoiṓ		αἰσχροποιώ aiskhropoiṓ	αἰσχροποιοί aiskhropoioí		αἰσχροποιᾰ́ aiskhropoiắ
Genitive	αἰσχροποιοῦ aiskhropoioû		αἰσχροποιοῦ aiskhropoioû	αἰσχροποιοῖν aiskhropoioîn		αἰσχροποιοῖν aiskhropoioîn	αἰσχροποιῶν aiskhropoiôn		αἰσχροποιῶν aiskhropoiôn
Dative	αἰσχροποιῷ aiskhropoiōî		αἰσχροποιῷ aiskhropoiōî	αἰσχροποιοῖν aiskhropoioîn		αἰσχροποιοῖν aiskhropoioîn	αἰσχροποιοῖς aiskhropoioîs		αἰσχροποιοῖς aiskhropoioîs
Accusative	αἰσχροποιόν aiskhropoión		αἰσχροποιόν aiskhropoión	αἰσχροποιώ aiskhropoiṓ		αἰσχροποιώ aiskhropoiṓ	αἰσχροποιούς aiskhropoioús		αἰσχροποιᾰ́ aiskhropoiắ
Vocative	αἰσχροποιέ aiskhropoié		αἰσχροποιόν aiskhropoión	αἰσχροποιώ aiskhropoiṓ		αἰσχροποιώ aiskhropoiṓ	αἰσχροποιοί aiskhropoioí		αἰσχροποιᾰ́ aiskhropoiắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἰσχροποιῶς aiskhropoiôs			αἰσχροποιότερος aiskhropoióteros			αἰσχροποιότᾰτος aiskhropoiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Usage notes

While αἰσχροποιός (aiskhropoiós) can function broadly as “one who acts shamefully,” LSJ notes euphemistic usage where it denotes a person who performs a specific sexual act (cf. Machon apud Athenaeus).
The adjective may be substantivized to refer to a person characterized by such behavior.

Related terms

αἰσχροποιΐα (aiskhropoiḯa)
αἰσχρουργός (aiskhrourgós)
αἰσχρός (aiskhrós)

References

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