αἰσχρός, ά, όν, also ός, όν [
Refs]: (αἶσχος):—in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
causing shame, dishonouring, reproachful, νείκεσσεν. αἰσχροῖς ἐπέεσσιν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
adverb αἰσχρῶς, ἐνένισπεν[
Refs]
II) opposed to καλός:
II.1) of outward appearance,
ugly, ill-favoured, of Thersites, [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc;
deformed, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰσχρῶς χωλός
with an ugly lameness, [
Refs]
II.2) in moral sense,
shameful, base, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰσχρόν [ἐστι], with
infinitive, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰσχρόν, εἰ πύθοιτό τις[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ αἰσχροῖς on the ground of
base actions, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —τὸ αἰ. as
substantive,
dishonour, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐμὸν αἰ. my
disgrace, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ αἰ. virtue and
vice, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
adverb,
shamefully, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative αἴσχιστα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
ill-suited, αἰ. ὁ καιρός[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἰ. πρός τι
awkward at it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) Regul.
comparative and
superlative -ότερος, -ότατος are late, [
Refs 1st c.BC+] (formed from a Root αἰσχο-), [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; double
superlative αἰσχιστότατος[
Refs 6th c.AD+] C.
adverb,
superlative αἰσχίστως[
Refs 3rd c.BC+]