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δυσερμήνευτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσερμήνευτος δυσερμήνευτον

Structure: δυσερμηνευτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(rmhneu/w

Sense

  1. hard to interpret

Examples

  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ φλόγινα, τὰ δὲ κροκώδη, τινὰ δὲ σμαραγδίζοντα, πολλὰ δὲ χρυσοειδῆ φαίνεσθαι κατὰ τὰσ πρὸσ τὸ φῶσ ἐγκλίσεισ αὐτῶν, καὶ καθόλου πολυειδεῖσ καὶ δυσερμηνεύτουσ ἀποτελεῖσθαι χρόασ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 52 5:2)
  • Περὶ οὗ πολὺσ ἡμῖν ὁ λόγοσ καὶ δυσερμήνευτοσ ἐπεὶ νωθροὶ γεγόνατε ταῖσ ἀκοαῖσ· (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 1 99:1)

Synonyms

  1. hard to interpret

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

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