ἀεικής
aeikes
unseemly, shameful
Appears 49 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀεικής, ές, (Att. αἰκής, q.v.) A. unseemly, shameful, ἀεικέα λοιγὸν ἀμύνειν Il. 1.456, al.; ἀεικέα [εἵματα] ἕσσαι Od. 24.250; δεσμός Pr. 97, cf. 525; ἀεικεῖ σὺν στολᾷ El. 191 (lyr.); -έστερα ἔπεα 7.13; οὐδὲν ἀ. παρέχεσθαι cause no inconvenience, 3.24; ἀεικέα μισθόν (v.l. ἀνεικέα, q.v.) meagre, Il. 12.435; so οὐ . . ἀεικέα . . ἄποινα 24.594. Adv. ἀεικῶς ; Ion. -έως 13; ἀεικές as Adv., Od. 17.216. 2. οὐδὲν ἀεικές ἐστι, c. inf., it is nothing strange that . . , 3.33, 6.98, Pr. 1042. 3. injurious, deadly, ἰός H. 2.422.
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