αἰσχύνω

αἰσχύνω [pron. full] [ῡ]: [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf. αἰσχύνεσκε ([etym.] κατ-) Q.S.14.531: [tense] fut.

A

-ῠνῶ E. Hipp.719

, [dialect] Ion.

-υνέω Hdt.9.53

: [tense] aor.

ᾔσχῡνα Il.23.571

, Lys.1.4, etc.: [tense] pf.

σχυγκα D.C. 58.16

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

αἰσχῠνοῦμαι A.Ag.856

, Ar.Fr. 200, Pl. Ti.49d, etc., rarely αἰσχυνθήσομαι (v. sub fin.) : [tense] aor.

ᾐσχύνθην Hdt.

and [dialect] Att., poet. inf.

αἰσχυνθῆμεν Pi.N.9.27

: [tense] 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 [voice] Pass., to be dishonoured, νέκυς σχυμμένος, 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.OT1079

: 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. Machoap.Ath.13.579f;

ὅτι . . Lys.2.23

.

3 c. acc. pers., to feel shame before one, E.Ion934, 1074, Pherecr.23.6, Pl.Smp.216b; τοὺς γέροντας (at Sparta) Aeschin.1.180; ὅστις γὰρ αὐτὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ αἰσχύνεται, πῶστόν γε μηδὲν εἰδότ' 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

.