Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσήκεστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσήκεστος δυσήκεστον

Structure: δυσηκεστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to heal or cure

Examples

  • τόνδε σὺ μὲν παίδων κρύφιον γόνον Ἄρεϊ τίκτεισ, Ῥῆμόν τε ξυνῶν καὶ Ῥωμύλον λεχέων, θὴρ δὲ λύκαιν’ ἄνδρωσεν ὑπὸ σπήλυγγι τιθηνόσ, οἵ σε δυσηκέστων ἡρ́πασαν ἐκ καμάτων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 3, chapter 194)

Synonyms

  1. hard to heal or cure

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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