αἰσχρουργία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰσχρός (aiskhrós, “shameful”) + ἔργον (érgon, “deed, work”), with abstract noun suffix -ία (-ía); compare αἰσχρουργός (aiskhrourgós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯s.kʰruːr.ɡí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛs.kʰrurˈɡi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛs.xrurˈʝi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /es.xrurˈʝi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /es.xrurˈʝi.a/

Noun

αἰσχρουργία • (aiskhrourgía) f (genitive αἰσχρουργίας); first declension

(moral) shameful or disgraceful conduct; licentiousness
- 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 1062:
  ἴδοιμ᾿ ἂν ὀρθῶς μαινάδων αἰσχρουργίαν.
  ídoim’ àn orthôs mainádōn aiskhrourgían.
  …I would see clearly the maenads’ shameful behavior.
- 40 CE – 115 CE, Dio Chrysostom, 4 102:
  … ἀρρήτων καὶ ἀνωνύμων αἰσχρουργιῶν.
  … arrhḗtōn kaì anōnúmōn aiskhrourgiôn.
  …still other unspeakable and nameless shameful practices.
- Epiph., Pan. 25.3:
  … τῆς αἰσχρουργίας τὰ ἑαυτῶν πάθη ἐπιτελοῦντες.
  … tês aiskhrourgías tà heautôn páthē epiteloûntes.
  …performing their own passions in accordance with this conception of shameful practice.
- Epiph., Pan. 26.8:
  ταύτην τὴν αἰσχρουργίαν ἀπεκάλυψε.
  taútēn tḕn aiskhrourgían apekálupse.
  He revealed this shameful practice.
(rhetoric) obscenity; lewd or indecent speech
- 343 BCE, Aeschines, On the Embassy 99:
  τὰς αἰσχρουργίας ἐν τῷ λόγῳ προετίθετο.
  tàs aiskhrourgías en tōî lógōi proetítheto.
  He set forth lewdness in his speech.
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mor. 1044b:
  τῆς αἰσχρουργίας ἀπέχεσθαι δεῖ.
  tês aiskhrourgías apékhesthai deî.
  One must refrain from lewdness.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αἰσχρουργίᾱ hē aiskhrourgíā	τὼ αἰσχρουργίᾱ tṑ aiskhrourgíā	αἱ αἰσχρουργίαι hai aiskhrourgíai
Genitive	τῆς αἰσχρουργίᾱς tês aiskhrourgíās	τοῖν αἰσχρουργίαιν toîn aiskhrourgíain	τῶν αἰσχρουργιῶν tôn aiskhrourgiôn
Dative	τῇ αἰσχρουργίᾳ tēî aiskhrourgíāi	τοῖν αἰσχρουργίαιν toîn aiskhrourgíain	ταῖς αἰσχρουργίαις taîs aiskhrourgíais
Accusative	τὴν αἰσχρουργίᾱν tḕn aiskhrourgíān	τὼ αἰσχρουργίᾱ tṑ aiskhrourgíā	τᾱ̀ς αἰσχρουργίᾱς tā̀s aiskhrourgíās
Vocative	αἰσχρουργίᾱ aiskhrourgíā	αἰσχρουργίᾱ aiskhrourgíā	αἰσχρουργίαι aiskhrourgíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

αἰσχρουργός (aiskhrourgós)
αἰσχρούργημα (aiskhroúrgēma)

Related terms

αἰσχρουργέω (aiskhrourgéō)
αἰσχρός (aiskhrós)
αἰσχρότης (aiskhrótēs)
αἰσχροσύνη (aiskhrosúnē)

References

“αἰσχρουργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἰσχρουργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἰσχρουργία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἰσχρουργία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.