Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσπάλαιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπάλαιστος δυσπάλαιστον

Structure: δυσπαλαιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: palai/w

Sense

  1. hard to wrestle with

Examples

  • ὦ δυσπάλαιστε τῶνδε δωμάτων Ἀρά, ὡσ πόλλ’ ἐπωπᾷσ, κἀκποδὼν εὖ κείμενα τόξοισ πρόσωθεν εὐσκόποισ χειρουμένη, φίλων ἀποψιλοῖσ με τὴν παναθλίαν. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. hard to wrestle with

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

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