μεμπτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[blameworthy]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>462</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Oec.</span>p.70</span> J.: Comp. μεμπτότερος <span class="bibl">Th.2.61</span>: mostly with a neg., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>220</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1036</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.57</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οὐ μ</b>. not [[contemptible]], <span class="bibl">Id.6.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>187c</span>; in a question, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.48</span>. Adv., οὐδὲ τῶν ξένων μεμπτῶς μαχεσαμένων <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cleom.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[throwing blame upon]], τινι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>446</span>, where [[μεμπτός]] is fem.</span>