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δυσαγρής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσαγρής δυσαγρές

Structure: δυσαγρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gra

Sense

  1. unlucky in fishing.

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἁλιεύων ποτὲ καὶ δυσαγρῶν ἤχθετο παρούσησ τῆσ Κλεοπάτρασ, ἐκέλευσε τοὺσ ἁλιεῖσ ὑπονηξαμένουσ κρύφα τῷ ἀγκίστρῳ περικαθάπτειν ἰχθῦσ τῶν προεαλωκότων, καὶ δὶσ ἢ τρὶσ ἀνασπάσασ οὐκ ἔλαθε τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 29 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. unlucky in fishing

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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