Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

δυσκάθαρτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσκάθαρτος δυσκάθαρτον

Structure: δυσκαθαρτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kaqai/rw

Sense

  1. hard to satisfy by purification or atonement

Examples

  • ὦ δυσκάθαρτε δαῖμον ὥσ μ’ ἀπώλεσασ, ὅτ’ ἀντέδωκά γ’ ἀντὶ τῶνδε μνᾶν ποτέ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode 1:18)

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

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