Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

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

  • μετὰ χολῆσ δὲ μελαίνησ κερασθὲν ἐπὶ τὰσ περιόδουσ τε τὰσ ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ θειοτάτασ οὔσασ ἐπισκεδαννύμενον καὶ συνταράττον αὐτάσ, καθ’ ὕπνον μὲν ἰὸν πρᾳύ̈τερον, ἐγρηγορόσιν δὲ ἐπιτιθέμενον δυσαπαλλακτότερον· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 444:2)

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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