Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δύσγαμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσγαμος δύσγαμον

Structure: δυσγαμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. ill-wedded

Examples

  • μηδὲ γαῖάν ποτ’ ἔλθοι Λάκαιναν πατρῷ‐ όν τε θάλαμον ἑστίασ, μηδὲ πόλιν Πιτάνασ χαλκόπυλόν τε θεάν, δύσγαμον αἶσχοσ ἑλὼν Ἑλλάδι τᾷ μεγάλᾳ καὶ Σιμοεντιάσιν μέλεα πάθεα ῥοῇσιν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, antistrophe 22)

Synonyms

  1. ill-wedded

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

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