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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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δυσμαθής δύσμαθες
Genitive δυσμαθούς δυσμάθους
Dative δυσμαθεί δυσμάθει
Accusative δυσμαθή δύσμαθες
Vocative δυσμαθές δύσμαθες
DualN/A/V δυσμαθεί δυσμάθει
G/D δυσμαθοίν δυσμάθοιν
PluralNominative δυσμαθείς δυσμάθη
Genitive δυσμαθών δυσμάθων
Dative δυσμαθέσιν* δυσμάθεσιν*
Accusative δυσμαθείς δυσμάθη
Vocative δυσμαθείς δυσμάθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυσμαθής δυσμαθούς δυσμαθέστερος δυσμαθεστέρου δυσμαθέστατος δυσμαθεστάτου
Adverb δυσμαθέως δυσμαθέστερον δυσμαθέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πάντα γὰρ τὰ τῶν θεῶν ἐσ ἀφανὲσ ἑρ́πει, κοὐδὲν οἶδ’ οὐδεὶσ κακὸν <> ἡ γὰρ τύχη παρήγαγ’ ἐσ τὸ δυσμαθέσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests 1:9)
  • σῶμά τε ὅταν αὖ μέγα καὶ ὑπέρψυχον σμικρᾷ συμφυὲσ ἀσθενεῖ τε διανοίᾳ γένηται, διττῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν οὐσῶν φύσει κατ’ ἀνθρώπουσ, διὰ σῶμα μὲν τροφῆσ, διὰ δὲ τὸ θειότατον τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν φρονήσεωσ, αἱ τοῦ κρείττονοσ κινήσεισ κρατοῦσαι καὶ τὸ μὲν σφέτερον αὔξουσαι, τὸ δὲ τῆσ ψυχῆσ κωφὸν καὶ δυσμαθὲσ ἀμνῆμόν τε ποιοῦσαι, τὴν μεγίστην νόσον ἀμαθίαν ἐναπεργάζονται. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 464:1)

Synonyms

  1. slow at learning

Similar forms

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

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