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δυσάλωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσάλωτος δυσάλωτον

Structure: δυσαλωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(lw=nai

Sense

  1. hard to catch or take
  2. hard to conquer, tut, beyond reach

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ὅπλα καὶ τείχη καὶ φρουρίων δυσάλωτοι κατασκευαὶ καὶ φρόνημα πρὸσ τοὺσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ κινδύνουσ ἄτρεπτον πάντασ πρὸσ τὴν ἀπόστασιν ἐπέρρωσεν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 414:1)

Synonyms

  1. hard to catch or take

Related

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

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