Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσανάπλους

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσανάπλους

Etym.: a)naple/w

Sense

  1. hard to sail up

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐστὶν ὀξὺσ καὶ δυσανάπλουσ ὁ Ῥοδανόσ, τινὰ τῶν ἐντεῦθεν φορτίων πεζεύεται μᾶλλον ταῖσ ἁρμαμάξαισ, ὅσα εἰσ Ἀρουέρνουσ κομίζεται καὶ τὸν Λίγηρα ποταμόν, καίπερ τοῦ Ῥοδανοῦ καὶ τούτοισ πλησιάζοντοσ ἐκ μέρουσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 1 27:7)

Synonyms

  1. hard to sail up

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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