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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

  • ὅσα γὰρ ἐπισκευῆσ ἐδεῖτο καὶ κόσμου ταῦτα φιλοτίμωσ ἐξειργάσατο, στοὰσ μὲν τὰσ ἐν τῷ ναῷ ἱδρύσασ καὶ προπύλαια, τὰ δὲ καταπεπτωκότα τῶν τειχῶν ἀνέστησε πύργουσ παμμεγέθεισ καὶ δυσαλώτουσ οἰκοδομήσασ, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων εἴ τι κατὰ τὴν βασιλείαν ἠμέλητο πολλὴν ἐπιστροφὴν ἐποιεῖτο. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 9 292:1)

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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