ἐχθρός

English (LSJ)

ά, όν, (ἔχθος)

   A hated, hateful, of persons and things, freq. from Hom. downwds. (Hom. has it only in this pass. sense); ἐ. γάρ μοι κεῖνος ὁμῶς Ἀΐδαο πύλῃσι Od.14.156, Il.9.312; ἐχθρὸν δέ μοί ἐστιν c.inf., 'tis hateful to me to... Od.12.452; θεοῖσιν ἐ. Hes.Th. 766, Thgn.601, Ar.Eq.34; ὁ θεοῖσιν ἐ. Pl.Com.74, etc.; cf. θεοισεχθρός.    II Act., hating, hostile, first in Hes. and Pi. (v. infr. 111), τινι D.10.11, X.Ages.6.1, etc.: c. gen., ὕβριος ἐχθρὰν ὁδόν averse from insolence, Pi.O.7.90: abs., ἐ. γλῶσσα A.Ch.309 (anap.); ὀργαί Id.Eu.937 (anap.), etc.; ἀστέρες Vett.Val.143.5.    III as Subst., ἐχθρός, ὁ, enemy, where the act. and pass. senses freq. coincide, Hes.Op.342, Pi.P.2.84, etc.; ἀνὴρ ἐ. Hdt.1.92; ὁ Διὸς ἐ. A.Pr.120 (anap.); ἐχθροῖς ἐχθρὰ πορσύνων Id.Ag.1374; εἴ . . τινα ἴδοι ἐχθρὸν ἑαυτοῦ Th.4.47; οἱ ἐμοὶ ἐ. Id.6.89, etc.—Acc. to Ammon.Diff.p.63 V., ἐχθρός is one who has been φίλος, but is alienated; πολέμιος one who is at war; δυσμενής one who has long been alienated and refuses to be reconciled.    IV regul. Comp. ἐχθρότερος D.Prooem.40.3, AP5.160 (Hedyl. or Asclep.); Sup. -ότατος Pi.N.1.65, S.OT1346 (lyr.), D.19.300: but more freq. irreg. ἐχθίων, ἔχθιστος (qq.v.).    V Adv. ἐχθρῶς, μισοῦντες Pl.Lg.697d, etc.: Comp. -οτέρως D.5.18: Sup. -ότατα Id.23.149.