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αἰσχύνω

αἰσχύνω, αἰσχύνομαι, αἰσχυνοῦμαι, ΧΧΧ, ΧΧΧ, ᾔσχυμμαι, ᾐσχύνθην, be ashamed, feel shame before

αἰσχύνω [ῡ]: Ion. impf. αἰσχύνεσκε (κατ-) Q.S. 14.531: fut. -ῠνῶ E. Hipp. 719, Ion. -υνέω Hdt. 9.53: aor. ᾔσχῡνα Il. 23.571, Lys. 1.4, etc.: pf. ᾔσχυγκα D.C. 58.16:—Pass., fut. αἰσχῠνοῦμαι A. Ag. 856, Ar. Fr. 200, Pl. Ti. 49d, etc., rarely αἰσχυνθήσομαι (v. sub fin.): aor. ᾐσχύνθην Hdt. and Att., poet. inf. αἰσχυνθῆμεν Pi. N. 9.27: pf. ᾔσχυμμαι (v. infr. B. I):—
  • make ugly, disfigure, πρόσωπον, κόμην, Il. 18.24, 27, cf. S. Ant. 529; αἰ. τὸν ἵππον give the horse a bad form, X. Eq. 1.12.
      • 2 mostly in moral sense, dishonour, tarnish, μηδὲ γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν Il. 6.209, cf. 23.571; τὴν Σπάρτην Hdt. 9.53; ξενίαν τράπεζαν A. Ag. 401; τοὺς πρὸς αἵματος S. Aj. 1305; τοὺς πατέρας Pl. Mx. 246d.
        • b esp. dishonour a woman, E. El. 44, cf. Plu. Marc. 19, etc.; εὐνήν A. Ag. 1626; εἰς τὸ σῶμα αἰ. Arist. Pol. 1311b7; abs., Foed.Delph.Pell. 2A 12.
      • 3 disdain, ἐπιχώρια Pi. P. 3.22.
  • B Pass., to be dishonoured, νέκυς ᾐσχυμμένος, of Patroclus, Il. 18.180.
    • II to be ashamed, feel shame, abs., Od. 7.305, 18.12, Hdt. 1.10, E. Hipp. 1291.
      • 2 more commonly, to be ashamed at a thing, c. acc. rei, αἰσχυνόμενοι φάτιν ἀνδρῶν Od. 21.323; τὴν δυσγένειαν τὴν ἐμὴν αἰ. S. OT 1079: c. dat. rei, Ar. Nu. 992, Lys. 3.9, D. 4.42, etc.; αἰ. ἐπί τινι X. Mem. 2.2.8; ἔν τινι Th. 2.43; ὑπέρ τινος Lys. 14.39; περί τινος 33.6. etc.
        • b c. part., to be ashamed at doing a thing (which one does), A. Pr. 642 (v.l.), S. Ant. 540, Ar. Fr. 200, Pl. Grg. 494e, etc.
        • c c. inf., to be ashamed to do a thing (and therefore not to do it), Hdt. 1.82, A. Ag. 856, Ch. 917, Pl. R. 414e, Phdr. 257d, etc.; though this condition must not be pressed absolutely, cf. Ap. 22b.
        • d foll. by relat. clause, αἰσχύνεσθαι εἰ . . to be ashamed that . ., S. El. 254, And. 4.42; ἐάν . . X. Oec. 21.4; μὴ . . Pl. Tht. 183e, cf. Macho ap. Ath. 13.579f; ὅτι . . Lys. 2.23.
      • 3 c. acc. pers., to feel shame before one, E. Ion 934, 1074, Pherecr. 23.6, Pl. Smp. 216b; τοὺς γέροντας (at Sparta) Aeschin. 1.180; ὅστις γὰρ αὐτὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ αἰσχύνεται, πῶς τόν γε μηδὲν εἰδότʼ αἰσχυνθήσεται; Philem. 229, cf. Gal. 5.26: c. acc. et inf., E. Hel. 415; ᾑσχύνθημεν θεοὺς . . προδοῦναι αὐτόν X. An. 2.3.22; αἰσχύνομαι ὑμᾶς λέγειν D. 40.48; αἰ. πρός τινα Arist. Rh. 1383b12.

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