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δυσαπάλλακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσαπάλλακτος δυσαπάλλακτον

Structure: δυσαπαλλακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)palla/ssw

Sense

  1. hard to get rid of

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπιβουλή, δοκοῦσα μὴ φαῦλον εἶναι μηδ’ ἄδικον πρὸσ ἐχθρόν, ἂν ἐγγένηται, παραμένει δυσαπάλλακτοσ· (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 9 10:1)
  • τί γὰρ ἄν τισ ἄλλο θεῖτο ὄνομα, ὅταν ἄνω κάτω τοὺσ λόγουσ ἕλκῃ τισ ὑπὸ νωθείασ οὐ δυνάμενοσ πεισθῆναι, καὶ ᾖ δυσαπάλλακτοσ ἀφ’ ἑκάστου λόγου; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 323:2)

Synonyms

  1. hard to get rid of

Related

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

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