Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσδιαίτητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσδιαίτητος δυσδιαίτητον

Structure: δυσδιαιτητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: diaita/w

Sense

  1. hard to decide

Examples

  • ὥστε πάντῃ μεταλαμβάνοντι δυσδιαίτητον εἶναι τήν κρίσιν, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ δαιμόνιον ἀμφοτέροισ ἐοίκεν εὐμενὲσ γενέσθαι, τῷ μὲν ἃ χρὴ κατορθοῦν, τῷ δ’ ἃ φυλάττεσθαι χρὴ προμηνῦον, ὥστε καὶ τὴν παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ψῆφον αὐτοῖσ ὑπάρχειν ὡσ ἀγαθοῖσ καὶ θείοισ τήν φύσιν ἀμφοτέροισ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon, chapter 3 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. hard to decide

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

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