Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δύσεργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσεργος δύσεργον

Structure: δυσεργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rgw

Sense

  1. unfit for work

Examples

  • "ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ μὲν ἔχειν ἔχειν δὲ φαυλότερα τῷ σώματι μεμιγμένασ, καὶ τὰ μὲν ὅλωσ ἄδηλα καὶ κεκρυμμένα τὰ δ’ ἀσθενῆ καὶ ἀμαυρὰ καὶ τοῖσ δι’ ὁμίχλησ ὁρῶσιν ἢ κινουμένοισ ἐν ὑγρῷ παραπλησίωσ δύσεργα καὶ βραδέα, καὶ πολλὴν ποθοῦντα θεραπείαν τοῦ οἰκείου καὶ ἀνάληψιν ἀφαίρεσιν δὲ καὶ κάθαρσιν τοῦ καλύπτοντοσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 39 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. unfit for work

Related

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

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