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δυσβάστακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσβάστακτος δυσβάστακτον

Structure: δυσβαστακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: basta/zw

Sense

  1. grievous to bear

Examples

  • ἢ φοβοῦνται τὸν πυρὸν ἐν ξηρῷ τρίβειν διὰ τοὺσ μύρμηκασ, εὐθὺσ γὰρ ἐπιτίθενται, εἰσ δὲ κριθὰσ ἧττον φέρονται, δυσβάστακτοι γάρ εἰσι καὶ δυσπαρακόμιστοι διὰ μέγεθοσ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 16 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. grievous to bear

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

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