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δύσφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσφορος δύσφορον

Structure: δυσφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. hard to bear, heavy
  2. hard to bear, grievous, false, blinding, our troubles, sorrows, hard to bear
  3. oppressive
  4. moving with difficulty, slow of motion

Examples

  • ἢν δὲ σμικρότερονᾖ, καὶ ἐσ ὄλεθρονἀσινὲσ, χρονίζει, ὄκνοσ πουλὺσ, καρηβαρίη, ἀπορίη, ζωὴ δύσφοροσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 15)
  • Ὁκόσοισι κρίσισ γίνεται, τουτέοισιν ἡ νὺξ δύσφοροσ, ἡ πρὸ τοῦ παροξυσμοῦ, ἡ δὲ ἐπιοῦσα εὐφορωτέρη ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ πουλύ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 54.13)

Synonyms

  1. hard to bear

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

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