Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσμίμητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσμίμητος δυσμίμητον

Structure: δυσμιμητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mi_me/omai

Sense

  1. hard to imitate

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ χάριν καὶ βάροσ καὶ φόβον καὶ ὡρ́αν εἶχε, καὶ συνεκέκρατο τῷ νεαρῷ καὶ ἰταμῷ δυσμίμητοσ ἡρωϊκή τισ ἐπιφάνεια καὶ βασιλικὴ σεμνότησ. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 2 2:3)
  • δοκεῖ δὲ κατὰ τὴν λέξιν εὔκολοσ εἶναι, δυσμίμητοσ ὤν. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 16:3)

Synonyms

  1. hard to imitate

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

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