αἰσχροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰσχρός (aiskhrós, “shameful”) +‎ -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

αἰσχροσῠ́νη • (aiskhrosŭ́nē) f (genitive αἰσχροσῠ́νης); first declension

  1. shamefulness; turpitude; moral baseness; public disgrace
    Near-synonym: αἰσχρότης (aiskhrótēs)
    • Tz., Hist. 11.369.222:
      … βούβαλον εἰσορόων βασιληΐδος ἔνδοθεν αὐλῆς,
      ἄστεος αἰσχροσύνην πωλεύμενον ἡμετέροιο.
      … boúbalon eisoróōn basilēḯdos éndothen aulês,
      ásteos aiskhrosúnēn pōleúmenon hēmetéroio.
      “…when it beheld a buffalo inside the royal courtyard,
      the shamefulness of our city being put up for sale.”

Declension

First declension of ἡ αἰσχροσῠ́νη; τῆς αἰσχροσῠ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ αἰσχροσῠ́νη
hē aiskhrosŭ́nē 		τὼ αἰσχροσῠ́νᾱ
tṑ aiskhrosŭ́nā 		αἱ αἰσχροσῠ́ναι
hai aiskhrosŭ́nai
Genitive τῆς αἰσχροσῠ́νης
tês aiskhrosŭ́nēs 		τοῖν αἰσχροσῠ́ναιν
toîn aiskhrosŭ́nain 		τῶν αἰσχροσῠνῶν
tôn aiskhrosŭnôn
Dative τῇ αἰσχροσῠ́νῃ
tēî aiskhrosŭ́nēi 		τοῖν αἰσχροσῠ́ναιν
toîn aiskhrosŭ́nain 		ταῖς αἰσχροσῠ́ναις
taîs aiskhrosŭ́nais
Accusative τὴν αἰσχροσῠ́νην
tḕn aiskhrosŭ́nēn 		τὼ αἰσχροσῠ́νᾱ
tṑ aiskhrosŭ́nā 		τᾱ̀ς αἰσχροσῠ́νᾱς
tā̀s aiskhrosŭ́nās
Vocative αἰσχροσῠ́νη
aiskhrosŭ́nē 		αἰσχροσῠ́νᾱ
aiskhrosŭ́nā 		αἰσχροσῠ́ναι
aiskhrosŭ́nai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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