Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Αὐτοὶ μέντοι σφῶν αὐτῶν δυσφορώτερον δὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα φέρουσιν οἱ πικρόχολοι τὰ ἄνω‧ τὴν δέ γε ἀσιτίην τὴν παρὰ τὸ ἔθοσ οἱ φλεγματίαι τὰ ἄνω εὐφορώτερον φέρουσι τὸ ἐπίπαν, ὥστε καὶ τὴν μονοσιτίην τὴν παρὰ τὸ ἔθοσ εὐφορώτερον ἂν οὗτοι ἐνέγκοιεν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 9.11)
  • καὶ ὁ κενεὼν δὲ οὕτω μικρότατοσ φαίνεται, ὅσπερ μέγασ ὢν μέροσ μέν τι καὶ αἰσχύνει, μέροσ δέ τι καὶ ἀσθενέστερον καὶ δυσφορώτερον αὖ τὸν ἵππον παρέχεται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 15:3)

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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