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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

  • ὅτι σοι δοκῶ τῶν δικαστῶν δυσμαθέστεροσ εἶναι, ἐπεὶ ἐκείνοισ γε ἐνδείξῃ δῆλον ὅτι ὡσ ἄδικά τέ ἐστιν καὶ οἱ θεοὶ ἅπαντεσ τὰ τοιαῦτα μισοῦσιν. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 44:4)

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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