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δυσαντίβλεπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσαντίβλεπτος δυσαντίβλεπτον

Structure: δυσαντιβλεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ntible/pw

Sense

  1. hard to look in the face

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ δεινῶσ μὲν συνεταράχθησαν πρὸσ τὸ ἀξίωμα καὶ τὸ πεποιθὸσ τοῦ ἀνδρόσ, καὶ τὸ ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ ἀνυπόστατον ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ περιπορφύρῳ φοβερὸν ἡγοῦντο καὶ δυσαντίβλεπτον. (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 23 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. hard to look in the face

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

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