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δυσαλγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσαλγής δυσαλγές

Structure: δυσαλγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/lgos

Sense

  1. very painful

Examples

  • τὰ γὰρ τοῦ θανάτου μήποτε καὶ λίαν ἡμῖν ὄντα συνήθη καὶ συμφυᾶ πάλιν οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ δυσαλγῆ δοκεῖ εἶναι. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 10 3:2)
  • "δὲ καὶ τὰ τραύματὰ φησι τἀπὸ τῶν χαλκῶν ἐπιδορατίδων καὶ μαχαιρῶν ἧττον εἶναι δυσαλγῆ καὶ ῥᾴον’ ἰᾶσθαι τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ σιδήρου διὰ τὸ φαρμακῶδεσ ἔχειν τι τὸν χαλκὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ καὶ τοῦτο ταῖσ πληγαῖσ εὐθὺσ ἐναπολείπειν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 6:37)

Synonyms

  1. very painful

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

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