Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσκέλαδος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσκέλαδος δυσκέλαδον

Structure: δυσκελαδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. ill-sounding, shrieking, discordant

Examples

  • πατρὸσ ἐμοῖο φίλου συμφράδμονα θυμὸν ἀέξων, Πομπίλε, δυσκελάδου δεδαὼσ θοὰ βένθεα πόντου, σῷζέ με· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 19 2:1)
  • οἳ δὲ φόβοιο δυσκελάδου μνήσαντο, λάθοντο δὲ θούριδοσ ἀλκῆσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 27:5)

Synonyms

  1. ill-sounding

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

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