Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσέκνιπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσέκνιπτος δυσέκνιπτον

Structure: δυσεκνιπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)kni/zw

Sense

  1. hard to wash out

Examples

  • οὕτωσ ἄρα δυσαπότριπτόν τι κακόν ἐστιν ἡ περὶ τὰσ αἱρέσεισ φιλοτιμία καὶ δυσέκνιπτον ἐν τοῖσ μάλιστα καὶ ψώρασ ἁπάσησ δυσιατότερον. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1316)

Synonyms

  1. hard to wash out

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

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