ἐχθρός

ἐχθρός, ά, όν, (ἔχθος)

• hated, hateful, of persons and things, freq. from Hom. downwds. (Hom. has it only in this pass. sense); ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι Od. 14.156, Il. 9.312; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c. inf., ʼtis hateful to me to . ., Od. 12.452; θεοῖσιν ἐ. Hes. Th. 766, Thgn. 601, Ar. Eq. 34; ὁ θεοῖσιν ἐ. Pl.Com. 74, etc.; cf. θεοισεχθρός.
• • II Act., hating, hostile, first in Hes. and Pi. (v. infr. III), τινι D. 10.11, X. Ages. 6.1, etc.: c. gen., ὕβριος ἐχθρὰν ὁδόν averse from insolence, Pi. O. 7.90: abs., ἐ. γλῶσσα A. Ch. 309 (anap.); ὀργαί Id. Eu. 937 (anap.), etc.; ἀστέρες Vett.Val. 143.5.
  • III as Subst., ἐχθρός, ὁ, enemy, where the act. and pass. senses freq. coincide, Hes. Op. 342, Pi. P. 2.84, etc.; ἀνὴρ ἐ. Hdt. 1.92; ὁ Διὸς ἐ. A. Pr. 120 (anap.); ἐχθροῖς ἐχθρὰ πορσύνων Id. Ag. 1374; εἴ . . τινα ἴδοι ἐχθρὸν ἑαυτοῦ Th. 4.47; οἱ ἐμοὶ ἐ. Id. 6.89, etc.—Acc. to Ammon. Diff. p.63 V., ἐχθρός is one who has been φίλος, but is alienated; πολέμιος one who is at war; δυσμενής one who has long been alienated and refuses to be reconciled.
  • IV regul. Comp. ἐχθρότερος D. Prooem. 40.3, AP 5.160 (Hedyl. or Asclep.); Sup. -ότατος Pi. N. 1.65, S. OT 1346 (lyr.), D. 19.300: but more freq. irreg. ἐχθίων, ἔχθιστος (qq.v.).
  • V Adv. ἐχθρῶς, μισοῦντες Pl. Lg. 697d, etc.: Comp. -οτέρως D. 5.18: Sup. -ότατα Id. 23.149.

ἐχθρός, (vgl. ἔχθω, ἔχθος), verhaßt, verfeindet, zuwider, von Personen u. Sachen, ἐχθρὸς γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀίδαο πύλῃσιν Il. 9.312, ἐχθρὰ δέ μοι τοῦ δῶρα ibd. 378, ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν – μυθολογεύειν Od. 12.452 ; λοιδορῆσαι θεοὺς ἐχθρὰ σοφία Pind. Ol. 9.41 ; ἐχθρος θεοῖσιν Ar. Nub. 581 ; Folgde. – Plat. θεοῖς ἐχθρὸς ὁ ἄδικος, Rep. I.352b ; auch im milderen Sinne, unangenehm. – Feindselig gesinnt, feindlich, Tragg. u. Prosa, Ggstz von φίλος, φίλον τέως, νῦν δʼ ἐχθρὸν ὡς φαίνει κακόν Aesch. Ch. 987 (wie Ammon. ἐχθρός erkl. ὁ πρότερον φίλος, δυσμενής aber ὁ χρόνιον πρὸς τόν ποτε φίλον τὸ μῖσος διατηρῶν καὶ δυσδιαλλάκτως ἔχων ; über den Unterschied von πολέμιος s. dieses); ἐρίζουσι δὲ οἱ διάφοροι καὶ ἐχθροὶ ἀλλήλοις Plat. Prot. 327b, ἦν τῷ Ἄγιδι ἐχθρός Thuc. 8.45 ; auch c. gen., Pind. Ol. 7.90, wie. Xen. Cyn. 13.12 ; ἑαυτοῦ Thuc. 4.47 ; ὁ ἐχθρός, der Feind, ὁ Διὸς ἐχθρός Aesch. Prom. 120 ; Folgde.
• Adv. ἐχθρῶς , feindselig, μισεῖν Plat. Legg. III.679d ; Xen. u. Folgde. – Komparat. ἐχθίων u. superlat. ἔχθιστος s. oben. – Die regelmäßige Form ἐχθρότερος Simonds. 58 (V.161) Antip.Thess. 49 (VII.640) u. öfter in der Anth., auch Dem. proœm. 40, der auch im
• adv. ἐχθροτέρως σχήσειν sagt, 5.18 ; ἐχθρότατος Pind. N. 1.64 (aber Ol. 8.69 ἔχθιστος); θεοῖς ἐχθρότατον βροτῶν Soph. O.R. 1346 ; Plat. epigr. 8 (VI.43), u. öfter in der Anth.

ἐχθρός

-ή, -όν

[ἔχθος.]

• • 1

    Hated, hateful, detested, detestable Il. 9.312, Il. 16.77: Od. 14.156, Od. 17.499.

  • 2

    Of things and abstractions, distasteful, disliked, loathed: δῶρά μοι Il. 9.378. Cf. Od. 21.147.

  • 3

    In neut. with infin. in impers. construction, to be distasteful or displeasing to do: ἐχθρόν μοί ἐστιν αὖτις εἰρημένα μυθολογεύειν Od. 12.452.

ἐχθρός (-ός, -όν, -ῶν, -οῖσι; -ά, -ᾷ, -άν; -ά acc.: -ότατον m. acc.)

• 1 adj.
• • a act., hostile τις ἐχθρᾷ λόγον φράσαις ἀνάγκᾳ O. 2.59 στάσιν ἐχθρὰν κουροτρόφον fr. 109. 4. c. gen., ἐπεὶ ὕβριος ἐχθρὰν ὁδὸν εὐθυπορεῖ (hostile to arrogance: cf. φίλον P. 3.5) O. 7.90
  • b pass., hated, hateful ἐπεὶ τό γε λοιδορῆσαι θεοὺς ἐχθρὰ σοφία O. 9.38 ἐχθρὰ Φάλαριν κατέχει παντᾷ φάτις P. 1.96 καί τινα σὺν πλαγίῳ ἀνδρῶν κόρῳ στείχοντα τὸν ἐχθρότατον φᾶσέ νιν δώσειν μόρῳ (Boeckh: μόρον codd.: τῷ ἐχθροτάτῳ μόρῳ Beck) N. 1.65 ἐχθρὰ δʼ ἄρα πάρφασις ἦν καὶ πάλαι N. 8.32 ἐχθρὰν ἔριν οὐ παλίγγλωσσον Παρθ. 2. 63.
• 2 subs., foe, adversary ποτὶ δʼ ἐχθρὸν ἅτʼ ἐχθρὸς ἐὼν λύκοιο δίκαν ὑποθεύσομαι P. 2.84 κατὰ λαύρας δʼ ἐχθρῶν ἀπάοροι πτώσσοντι P. 8.86 κεῖνος αἰνεῖν καὶ τὸν ἐχθρὸν παντὶ θυμῷ σύν τε δίκᾳ καλὰ ῥέζοντʼ ἔννεπεν P. 9.95 χρὴ δὲ πᾶν ἔρδοντʼ ἀμαυρῶσαι τὸν ἐχθρόν I. 4.48 εἰ δέ τις ἀρκέων φίλοις ἔχθροῖσι τραχὺς ὑπαντιάζει Pae. 2.32 ]ς ἐχθρῶν ὁμιλήσειε[ Πα. 13b. 1.
• 3 n. pl. acc., pro adv. [ὁ δ] ἐχθρὰ νοήσαις ἤδη φθόνος οἴχεται with hostile intent Pae. 2.54

ἐχθρός : hateful, odious.

ἐχθρός, ά, όν ἔχθος

• • Ihated, hateful, Hom., etc.; ἐχθρόν μοί ἐστιν, c. inf., ʼtis hateful to me to . ., Il.
  • IIact. hostile, at enmity with, τινι Thuc., etc.
  • IIIas Subst., ἐχθρός, ὁ, oneʼs enemy, Hes., etc.; ὁ Διὸς ἐχθρός Aesch.; οἱ ἐμοὶ ἐχθροί Thuc.
  • IVthe regul. comp. and Sup. ἐχθρότερος, -τατος are rare: the irreg. ἐχθίων, ἔχθιστος being more used.
  • Vadv. ἐχθρῶς, Plat., etc.; comp. ἐχθροτέρως, Dem.