Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσφαής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσφαής δυσφαές

Structure: δυσφαη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fa/os or fai/nomai

Sense

  1. scarce visible

Examples

  • "ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιοσ οὐχ ὅταν διαφύγῃ τὰ νέφη γίγνεται λαμπρόσ, ἀλλ’ ἔστι μὲν ἀεὶ φαίνεται δ’ ἡμῖν ἐν ὁμίχλῃ δυσφαὴσ καὶ ἀμαυρόσ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 39 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. scarce visible

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

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