αἰσχρός
Etym. αἶσχος
I. "causing shame, abusive", ἔπεα Il.; so in adv., αἰσχρῶς ἐνένισπε id=Il.
II. opp. to καλός:
1. of outward appearance, "ugly, ill-favoured", of Thersites, id=Il.
2. in moral sense, "shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous", Hdt., etc.; αἰσχρόν [ἐστι], c. inf., Il.: —τὸ αἰσχρόν, as Subst., "dishonour, disgrace", Soph., etc.; τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ αἰσχρόν, Lat. honestum et turpe, virtue and vice, Arist.:—adv. "shamefully", Sup. αἴσχιστα, Trag.
3. "awkward", Xen.
III. instead of the regul. comp. and Sup. αἰσχρότερος, -ότατος, the forms αἰσχίων [ι_], αἴσχιστος (formed from αἶσχος) are used.