"αἰσχύνη" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ai̯s.kʰy̌ː.nɛː/, /ɛsˈçy.ni/, /esˈçi.ni/, /ai̯s.kʰy̌ː.nɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ɛsˈkʰy.ne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ɛsˈçy.ni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /esˈçy.ni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /esˈçi.ni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Ultimately from αἶσχος (aîskhos, “disgrace”). According to Beekes, a back-formation from αἰσχύνω (aiskhúnō, “to disgrace”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|αἶσχος|t=disgrace}} αἶσχος (aîskhos, “disgrace”), {{back-formation|grc|αἰσχύνω|nocap=1|t=to disgrace}} back-formation from αἰσχύνω (aiskhúnō, “to disgrace”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|αἰσχῡ́νη|αἰσχῡ́νης|f|first}} αἰσχῡ́νη • (aiskhū́nē) f (genitive αἰσχῡ́νης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|αἰσχῡ́νη|ης}} Forms: αἰσχῡ́νη [canonical], aiskhū́nē [romanization], αἰσχῡ́νης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ αἰσχῡ́νη [nominative, singular], τὼ αἰσχῡ́νᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ αἰσχῦναι [nominative, plural], τῆς αἰσχῡ́νης [genitive, singular], τοῖν αἰσχῡ́ναιν [dual, genitive], τῶν αἰσχῡνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ αἰσχῡ́νῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν αἰσχῡ́ναιν [dative, dual], ταῖς αἰσχῡ́ναις [dative, plural], τὴν αἰσχῡ́νην [accusative, singular], τὼ αἰσχῡ́νᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς αἰσχῡ́νᾱς [accusative, plural], αἰσχῡ́νη [singular, vocative], αἰσχῡ́νᾱ [dual, vocative], αἰσχῦναι [plural, vocative]
  1. (mass noun) shame, disgrace Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-αἰσχύνη-grc-noun-70R1McjH Categories (other): Ancient Greek back-formations, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek back-formations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 51 49
  2. shameful, disgraceful act
    Sense id: en-αἰσχύνη-grc-noun-YOqq9Gh2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek back-formations, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek back-formations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: αἰσχῡ́νω (aiskhū́nō)

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        "shameful, disgraceful act"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shameful",
          "shameful"
        ],
        [
          "disgraceful",
          "disgraceful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ai̯s.kʰy̌ː.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛsˈçy.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈçi.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai̯s.kʰy̌ː.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛsˈkʰy.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛsˈçy.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈçy.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈçi.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "αἰσχύνη"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Ancient Greek dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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