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

  • ἡμᾶσ δὲ δίκη πρότερον φήμησ τὸν δυσκέλαδόν θ’ ὕμνον Ἐρινύοσ ἰαχεῖν Αἴδα τ’ ἐχθρὸν παιᾶν’ ἐπιμέλπειν. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, anapests8)

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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