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δυσόρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσόρατος δυσόρατον

Structure: δυσορατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

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Examples

  • οἱ λοιποὶ δ’ ἐξῄεσαν τρίτησ ἡμέρασ ἐσ τὸ δεδομένον χωρίον, δυσόρατοί τε καὶ ἀλλόκοτοι πάμπαν ὀφθῆναι, οἷσ τὰ μὲν σώματα ἦν ἀκάθαρτα καὶ τριχῶν καὶ ὀνύχων καὶ ῥύπου μεστά, ὠδώδεσαν δὲ χαλεπώτατον, καὶ ἐσθὴσ αὐτοῖσ ἐπέκειτο πιναρὰ καὶ ἥδε καὶ οὐχ ἧσσον δυσώδησ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 15 6:6)

Synonyms

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

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