αἰσχρουργός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰσχρός (aiskhrós, “shameful”) + ἔργον (érgon, “deed, work”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯s.kʰruːr.ɡós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛs.kʰrurˈɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛs.xrurˈɣos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /es.xrurˈɣos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /es.xrurˈɣos/

Adjective

αἰσχρουργός • (aiskhrourgós) m or f (neuter αἰσχρουργόν); second declension

obscene, shameful; characterized by sexually indecent conduct
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, 12 249

Usage notes

Lexicographically glossed as “obscene” (LSJ; BRILL). The adjective is attested in Galen; the superlative adverbial form (αἰσχρουργότατα) occurs in Cassius Dio.

Declension

Second declension of αἰσχρουργός; αἰσχρουργόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἰσχρουργός aiskhrourgós		αἰσχρουργόν aiskhrourgón	αἰσχρουργώ aiskhrourgṓ		αἰσχρουργώ aiskhrourgṓ	αἰσχρουργοί aiskhrourgoí		αἰσχρουργᾰ́ aiskhrourgắ
Genitive	αἰσχρουργοῦ aiskhrourgoû		αἰσχρουργοῦ aiskhrourgoû	αἰσχρουργοῖν aiskhrourgoîn		αἰσχρουργοῖν aiskhrourgoîn	αἰσχρουργῶν aiskhrourgôn		αἰσχρουργῶν aiskhrourgôn
Dative	αἰσχρουργῷ aiskhrourgōî		αἰσχρουργῷ aiskhrourgōî	αἰσχρουργοῖν aiskhrourgoîn		αἰσχρουργοῖν aiskhrourgoîn	αἰσχρουργοῖς aiskhrourgoîs		αἰσχρουργοῖς aiskhrourgoîs
Accusative	αἰσχρουργόν aiskhrourgón		αἰσχρουργόν aiskhrourgón	αἰσχρουργώ aiskhrourgṓ		αἰσχρουργώ aiskhrourgṓ	αἰσχρουργούς aiskhrourgoús		αἰσχρουργᾰ́ aiskhrourgắ
Vocative	αἰσχρουργέ aiskhrourgé		αἰσχρουργόν aiskhrourgón	αἰσχρουργώ aiskhrourgṓ		αἰσχρουργώ aiskhrourgṓ	αἰσχρουργοί aiskhrourgoí		αἰσχρουργᾰ́ aiskhrourgắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἰσχρουργῶς aiskhrourgôs			αἰσχρουργότερος aiskhrourgóteros			αἰσχρουργότᾰτος aiskhrourgótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

αἰσχρουργέω (aiskhrourgéō)
αἰσχρουργία (aiskhrourgía)
αἰσχρούργημα (aiskhroúrgēma)
αἰσχρός (aiskhrós)
αἰσχρότης (aiskhrótēs)
αἰσχροσύνη (aiskhrosúnē)

References

“αἰσχρουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἰσχρουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἰσχρουργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἰσχρουργός 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.