Ancient Greek

Adjective

ἐχθρός • ‎(ekhthrós) m ‎(feminine ἐχθρᾱ́, neuter ἐχθρόν); first/second declension

1. (with passive meaning) hated, hateful
2. (with active meaning) hating, hostile [+dative or genitive = to someone or something]
3. (masculine or feminine, as substantive) enemy
4. (ἐχθρόν ἐστι ‎(ekhthrón esti), impersonal) it is displeasing, distasteful, unpleasant [+dative = for someone], [+infinitive = to do]

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἐχθρόξενος ‎(ekhthróxenos)
• ἐχθαίρω ‎(ekhthaírō)
• ἐχθραίνω ‎(ekhthraínō)

Related terms

• ἐχθάνομαι ‎(ekhthánomai)
• ἔχθος ‎(ékhthos)
• ἔχθρα ‎(ékhthra)
• ἔχθω ‎(ékhthō)

References

• ἐχθρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐχθρός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐχθρός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἐχθρός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἐχθρός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐχθρός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G2190”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • adverse idem, page 15.
  • antagonistic idem, page 32.
  • averse idem, page 55.
  • bitter idem, page 80.
  • enemy idem, page 273.
  • foe idem, page 331.
  • ground idem, page 375.
  • hostile idem, page 407.
  • inimical idem, page 441.
  • rebellious idem, page 677.
  • unfriendly idem, page 919.