αἰσχύνω

English (LSJ)

[ῡ]: Ion. impf. αἰσχύνεσκε (κατ-) Q.S.14.531: fut.

   A -ῠνῶ E. Hipp.719, Ion. -υνέω Hdt.9.53: aor. ᾔσχῡνα Il.23.571, Lys.1.4, etc.: pf. σχυγκα D.C. 58.16 :—Pass., fut. αἰσχῠνοῦμαι A.Ag.856, Ar.Fr. 200, Pl. Ti.49d, etc., rarely αἰσχυνθήσομαι (v. sub fin.) : aor. ᾐσχύνθην Hdt. and Att., poet. inf. αἰσχυνθῆμεν Pi.N.9.27 : 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 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.