ἀσχήμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.kʰɛ̌ː.mɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈkʰe̝.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈçi.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈçi.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈçi.mon/

Adjective

ἀσχήμων • (askhḗmōn) m or f (neuter ἀσχῆμον); third declension

misshapen, ugly, deformed
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Joints 27
unseemly, shameful, indecent, inappropriate
- 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 299
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Philebus 46a
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1336b.14
(of persons) indecorous, behaving improperly
- 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, 7 160

Usage notes

Used of both physical deformity and moral or social impropriety; frequently opposed to εὔσχημος (eúskhēmos) (“well-formed, decorous”).

In later Greek, ἄσχημος (áskhēmos) replaces ἀσχήμων (askhḗmōn).

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓σχήμων; ᾰ̓σχῆμον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓σχήμων ăskhḗmōn		ᾰ̓σχῆμον ăskhêmon	ᾰ̓σχήμονε ăskhḗmone		ᾰ̓σχήμονε ăskhḗmone	ᾰ̓σχήμονες ăskhḗmones		ᾰ̓σχήμονᾰ ăskhḗmonă
Genitive	ᾰ̓σχήμονος ăskhḗmonos		ᾰ̓σχήμονος ăskhḗmonos	ᾰ̓σχημόνοιν ăskhēmónoin		ᾰ̓σχημόνοιν ăskhēmónoin	ᾰ̓σχημόνων ăskhēmónōn		ᾰ̓σχημόνων ăskhēmónōn
Dative	ᾰ̓σχήμονῐ ăskhḗmonĭ		ᾰ̓σχήμονῐ ăskhḗmonĭ	ᾰ̓σχημόνοιν ăskhēmónoin		ᾰ̓σχημόνοιν ăskhēmónoin	ᾰ̓σχήμοσῐ ᾰ̓σχήμοσῐν ăskhḗmosĭ(n)		ᾰ̓σχήμοσῐ ᾰ̓σχήμοσῐν ăskhḗmosĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓σχήμονᾰ ăskhḗmonă		ᾰ̓σχῆμον ăskhêmon	ᾰ̓σχήμονε ăskhḗmone		ᾰ̓σχήμονε ăskhḗmone	ᾰ̓σχήμονᾰς ăskhḗmonăs		ᾰ̓σχήμονᾰ ăskhḗmonă
Vocative	ᾰ̓σχῆμον ăskhêmon		ᾰ̓σχῆμον ăskhêmon	ᾰ̓σχήμονε ăskhḗmone		ᾰ̓σχήμονε ăskhḗmone	ᾰ̓σχήμονες ăskhḗmones		ᾰ̓σχήμονᾰ ăskhḗmonă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓σχημόνως ăskhēmónōs			ᾰ̓σχημονέστερος ăskhēmonésteros			ᾰ̓σχημονέστᾰτος ăskhēmonéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀσχημονέω (askhēmonéō)
ἀσχημόνως (askhēmónōs)
ἄσχημος (áskhēmos)
ἀσχημοσύνη (askhēmosúnē)

Descendants

Greek: άσχημος (áschimos)

References

“ἀσχήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀσχήμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀσχήμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀσχήμων 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.
- improper idem, page 424.
- indecent idem, page 431.
- indecorous idem, page 431.
- indelicate idem, page 432.
- inelegant idem, page 435.
- misbecoming idem, page 532.
- obscene idem, page 566.
- shameful idem, page 761.
- unbecoming idem, page 907.
- unfit idem, page 918.
- ungraceful idem, page 919.
- unladylike idem, page 924.
- unmeet idem, page 925.
- unseemly idem, page 931.
- unsuitable idem, page 933.
- unwomanly idem, page 937.