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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

  • καὶ λαβών τισ αὐτὰ περιδύσασ τὸ μέτρον ὃ νῦν ἔχει, εἷμα δοὺσ καὶ πορφυροῦν λόγοισι ποικίλασ καλοῖσ δυσπάλαιστοσ ὢν τὸσ ἄλλωσ εὐπαλαίστουσ ἀποφανεῖ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 16:4)
  • δεῖ γε μὴν ὑμᾶσ καὶ τόδε εἰδέναι, ὡσ ἣν εἰρήκαμεν δύναμιν μεγάλην οὖσαν, οὔπω δυσπάλαιστόσ ἐστιν. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 21:5)

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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