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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

  • οὐδενὶ γὰρ αὐτῶν ψυχῆσ μέτεστιν οὕτωσ οὐκ ἐδόκει ζῷον ἕτερον ἑτέρου τῷ φρονεῖν ἀργότερον εἶναι καὶ δυσμαθέστερον, εἰ μὴ πάντα λόγου καὶ συνέσεωσ, ἄλλα δὲ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον ἄλλων πωσ μετεῖχεν. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 10 3:1)
  • νῦν δὲ εἰ ἔτι προβήσεται ἡ ἡλικία, οἶδ’ ὅτι ἀνάγκη ἔσται τὰ τοῦ γήρωσ ἐπιτελεῖσθαι καὶ ὁρᾶν τε χεῖρον καὶ ἀκούειν ἧττον καὶ δυσμαθέστερον εἶναι καὶ ὧν ἔμαθον ἐπιλησμονέστερον. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, 7:1)
  • εἰ δὲ βιώσομαι πλείω χρόνον, ἴσωσ ἀναγκαῖον ἔσται τὰ τοῦ γήρωσ ἐπιτελεῖσθαι καὶ ὁρᾶν τε καὶ ἀκούειν ἧττον καὶ διανοεῖσθαι χεῖρον καὶ δυσμαθέστερον ἀποβαίνειν καὶ ἐπιλησμονέστερον, καὶ ὧν πρότερον βελτίων ἦν, τούτων χείρω γίγνεσθαι· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 8 9:1)

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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