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δυσφύλακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσφύλακτος δυσφύλακτον

Structure: δυσφυλακτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to keep off or prevent

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δυσφύλακτος δυσφύλακτον
Genitive δυσφυλάκτου δυσφυλάκτου
Dative δυσφυλάκτῳ δυσφυλάκτῳ
Accusative δυσφύλακτον δυσφύλακτον
Vocative δυσφύλακτε δυσφύλακτον
DualN/A/V δυσφυλάκτω δυσφυλάκτω
G/D δυσφυλάκτοιν δυσφυλάκτοιν
PluralNominative δυσφύλακτοι δυσφύλακτα
Genitive δυσφυλάκτων δυσφυλάκτων
Dative δυσφυλάκτοις δυσφυλάκτοις
Accusative δυσφυλάκτους δυσφύλακτα
Vocative δυσφύλακτοι δυσφύλακτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυσφύλακτος δυσφυλάκτου δυσφυλακτότερος δυσφυλακτοτέρου δυσφυλακτότατος δυσφυλακτοτάτου
Adverb δυσφυλάκτως δυσφυλακτότερον δυσφυλακτότατα

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

  • πλὴν ὑπ’ ἀσχολίασ τε καὶ θορύβου πολλοῦ τῶν ἐπιορκούντων καὶ βιαζομένων καὶ ἁρπαζόντων, ἔτι δὲ καὶ φόβου τοῦ παρὰ τῶν ἱεροσυλούντων ‐ πολλοὶ γὰρ οὗτοι καὶ δυσφύλακτοι καὶ οὐδὲ ἐπ’ ὀλίγον καταμύσαι ἡμῖν ἐφιᾶσι ‐ πολὺν ἤδη χρόνον οὐδὲ ἀπέβλεψα ἐσ τὴν Ἀττικήν, καὶ μάλιστα ἐξ οὗ φιλοσοφία καὶ λόγων ἔριδεσ ἐπεπόλασαν αὐτοῖσ· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 9:4)

Synonyms

  1. hard to keep off or prevent

Related

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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