Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσνίκητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσνίκητος δυσνίκητον

Structure: δυσνικητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ni_ka/w

Sense

  1. hard to conquer

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐπὶ Δυσνικήτου ἄρχοντοσ, ὁ δὲ Φορμίων Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Νικοφήμου ἄρχοντοσ, δεκάτῳ ἔτει ὕστερον ἢ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 23:2)

Synonyms

  1. hard to conquer

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

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