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δύσκρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσκρατος δύσκρατον

Structure: δυσκρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kera/nnumi

Sense

  1. of bad temperament

Examples

  • πρὸσ δύσει μὲν οὖν καὶ ἀνατολῇ θάλαττά ἐστιν ἡ περατοῦσα, πρὸσ δὲ τὰ νότια καὶ τὰ βόρεια ὁ ἀήρ, ὁ μὲν μέσοσ εὔκρατοσ ὢν καὶ φυτοῖσ καὶ ζῴοισ, ὁ δ’ ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα δύσκρατοσ ὑπερβολῇ καὶ ἐλλείψει τοῦ θάλπουσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 2:10)
  • ὡσ δ’ εἰπεῖν, τὰ ἄκρα τῆσ οἰκουμένησ τὰ παρακείμενα τῇ δυσκράτῳ καὶ ἀοικήτῳ διὰ καῦμα ἢ ψῦχοσ ἀνάγκη ἀποτεύγματα εἶναι τῆσ εὐκράτου καὶ ἐλαττώματα· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 2 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. of bad temperament

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

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