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δυσμαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσμαθής δυσμαθές

Structure: δυσμαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: manqa/nw

Sense

  1. hard to learn, hard to know, difficulty of knowing
  2. slow at learning, so

Examples

  • ἐσ κόρακασ, ὡσ ἄγροικοσ εἶ καὶ δυσμαθήσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene19)
  • τοῦτο γάρ μοι συγχωρείτω, ἀγαθὸν καὶ αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν διδάσκαλον, ἵνα μὴ δυσμαθὴσ φαίνωμαι ἀηδῶσ μανθάνων· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 65:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐγώ τισ, ὡσ ἐοίκε, δυσμαθήσ. (Plato, Republic, book 2 19:2)
  • εὐμαθὴσ ἢ δυσμαθήσ. (Plato, Republic, book 6 72:1)

Synonyms

  1. slow at learning

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

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