Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσέντευκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσέντευκτος δυσέντευκτον

Structure: δυσεντευκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to speak with

Examples

  • εἰ δὲ μηδὲν ἐν κοινῷ πράττειν ἔχοι, δυσπρόσοδοσ ἦν καὶ δυσέντευκτοσ οἰκουρῶν καὶ κατακεκλεισμένοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 5 1:2)
  • καὶ τὰσ μασχάλασ δὲ θηριώδεισ καὶ δασείασ ἔχειν ἄχρι ἐπὶ πολὺ τῶν πλευρῶν καὶ τοὺσ ὀδόντασ μέλανασ καὶ ἐσθιομένουσ, ὥστε δυσέντευκτοσ εἶναι καὶ ἀηδήσ. (Theophrastus, Characters, 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. hard to speak with

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

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