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καταισχύν-ω

kataischuno

dishonour, put to shame

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Where it lives

Sophonias 2 · 16.89/10k
Joel 2 · 12.99/10k
1 Peter 2 · 11.6/10k
Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
1 Corinthians 5 · 7.4/10k
Jeremias 20 · 7.22/10k
Psalmi 21 · 6.14/10k
Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
Ruth 1 · 5.21/10k
Odae 2 · 4.92/10k
2 Corinthians 2 · 4.46/10k

Densest 12 of 49 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταισχύν-ω · kataischyn-ō — LSJ

dishonour, put to shame, put, to shame

dishonour, put to shame, μή τι καταισχύνειν πατέρων γένος Od. 24.508; καταισχύνητέ τε δαῖτα 16.293; τὰ πρόσθε ἐργασμένα Hdt. 7.53, cf. A. Supp. 996, D. 18.101, etc.; τὴν σὴν οὐ κ. φύσιν I put not thy nature to shame, i.e. show myself not unworthy of thee, S. El. 609; κ. τὸ Τρωϊκὸν κλέος E. Hel. 845; τὸ γένος οὐ καταισχυνῶ Ar. Av. 1451; κ. τὴν πατρίδα Id. Nu. 1220; τοὺς προγόνους Pl. La. 187a; ὑποσχέσεις Id. Smp. 183e; τὰς εὐγενείας ταῖς αὑτῶν . . κακίαις Isoc. 7.76, etc.

2 dishonour

dishonour a woman, ἀλλοτρίας γυναῖκας Lys. 1.49; also of a male, D. 45.79.

3 covered, with dishonour

ὁ μέλλων χρόνος ἐμὸν καταίσχυνε . . χρέος covered me with dishonour in that my debt remained unpaid, Pi. O. 10(11).8.

= καταχέζειν, χαίτην Babr. 82.8.

II feel shame before, to be ashamed, to be ashamed

Med., feel shame before, θεούς S. Ph. 1382, cf. OT 1424: —aor. Pass., καταισχυνθέντες τὴν ἀρετὴν αὐτῶν Isoc. 4.97: c. inf., to be ashamed to . . , ἰητρεύειν Hp. Art. 42; καταισχυνθῆναι . . ὅπως μὴ δόξει . . to be ashamed of being thought . . , Th. 6.13.

In the wild

καταισχυνεῖν · kataischynein Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 545–546
καταισχύνειν · kataischynein Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 996–997
καταισχύνουσιν · kataischynousin Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
καταισχύνοι · kataischynoi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1936)
καταισχύνων · kataischynōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5015)
καταισχύνειν · kataischynein Epictetus, Discourses 1.29 (DIORISIS sentence 1723)

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