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δύσοργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσοργος δύσοργον

Structure: δυσοργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)rgh/

Sense

  1. quick to anger

Examples

  • τοιαῦτ’ ἀνὴρ δύσοργοσ, ἐν γήρᾳ βαρύσ, ἐρεῖ, πρὸσ οὐδὲν εἰσ ἔριν θυμούμενοσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:14)
  • δόσ μοι σεαυτόν, μὴ τοσοῦτον ὡσ δάκνει θυμῷ δύσοργοσ· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:4)
  • ὁ δ’ ἐνθάδ’ ἥκων, καίπερ οὐ δύσοργοσ ὤν, δηχθεὶσ πρὸσ ἁξήκουσεν ὧδ’ ἠμείψατο· (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 4:16)

Synonyms

  1. quick to anger

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

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