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δύσφατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσφατος δύσφατον

Structure: δυσφατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to speak, unutterable

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δύσφατος δύσφατον
Genitive δυσφάτου δυσφάτου
Dative δυσφάτῳ δυσφάτῳ
Accusative δύσφατον δύσφατον
Vocative δύσφατε δύσφατον
DualN/A/V δυσφάτω δυσφάτω
G/D δυσφάτοιν δυσφάτοιν
PluralNominative δύσφατοι δύσφατα
Genitive δυσφάτων δυσφάτων
Dative δυσφάτοις δυσφάτοις
Accusative δυσφάτους δύσφατα
Vocative δύσφατοι δύσφατα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δύσφατος δυσφάτου δυσφατώτερος δυσφατωτέρου δυσφατώτατος δυσφατωτάτου
Adverb δυσφάτως δυσφατώτερον δυσφατώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πόθεν ἐπισσύτουσ θεοφόρουσ τ’ ἔχεισ ματαίουσ δύασ, τὰ δ’ ἐπίφοβα δυσφάτῳ κλαγγᾷ μελοτυπεῖσ ὁμοῦ τ’ ὀρθίοισ ἐν νόμοισ; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 64)

Synonyms

  1. hard to speak

Similar forms

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

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