Αἰσχίους
more ill-favoured, rather ill-favoured
Translated by William Hutton14 Feb 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] ugly men.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἰσχίους· ἄνδρας ἀμόρφους.
Betacode
*ai)sxi/ous: a)/ndras a)mo/rfous.
Notes
- From the scholia to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 625, where the accusative plural headword occurs (of women sexually shunning ugly men) in this sense; it is sense II.1 in LSJ s.v.
ai)sxr/os .
The headword is a comparative form of the adjective; see also alphaiota 351. The gloss uses a simple form: the adjectivea)/morfos , literally "shapeless"; for its close connection withai)sxro/s see also alphaiota 353.
Linked from3 entries
- αι351Αἰσχίωmore shameful (things), rather shameful (things)[Meaning] worse [ones].
- αι352Αἶσχοςshame[Meaning] dishonor.
- αι353Αἰσχρὰ γυνήill-favoured woman[Meaning one who is] ugly. Also [sc. attested is] ai)sxro/n ["(something) shameful"], [used] in reference to evil. "Those around him recognized these things as shameful, and that the withdrawal was neither honorable in…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Dec 2015
- modified hw; expanded note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton