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δυσαφαίρετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσαφαίρετος δυσαφαίρετον

Structure: δυσαφαιρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)faire/w

Sense

  1. hard to take away

Examples

  • δοκεῖ γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ τιμῶσι μᾶλλον εἶναι ἢ ἐν τῷ τιμωμένῳ, τἀγαθὸν δὲ οἰκεῖόν τι καὶ δυσαφαίρετον εἶναι μαντευόμεθα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 28:3)

Synonyms

  1. hard to take away

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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