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00150: 150. αἰσχρός [αἶσχος] I. causing shame, abusive, ἔπεα Il.; so in adv., αἰσχρῶς ἐνένισπε id=Il.

II. opp. to καλός: 1. of outward appearance, ugly, ill-favoured, of Thersites, id=Il.

2. in moral sense, shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous, Hdt., etc.; αἰσχρόν [ἐστι], c. inf., Il.: —τὸ αἰσχρόν, as Subst., dishonour, disgrace, Soph., etc.; τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ αἰσχρόν, Lat. honestum et turpe, virtue and vice, Arist.:—adv. shamefully, Sup. αἴσχιστα, Trag.

3. awkward, Xen.

III. instead of the regul. comp. and Sup. αἰσχρότερος, -ότατος, the forms αἰσχίων [ι_], αἴσχιστος (formed from αἶσχος) are used.

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