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δυσπαλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπαλής δυσπαλές

Structure: δυσπαλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pa/lh

Sense

  1. hard to wrestle with

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δυσπαλής δύσπαλες
Genitive δυσπαλούς δυσπάλους
Dative δυσπαλεί δυσπάλει
Accusative δυσπαλή δύσπαλες
Vocative δυσπαλές δύσπαλες
DualN/A/V δυσπαλεί δυσπάλει
G/D δυσπαλοίν δυσπάλοιν
PluralNominative δυσπαλείς δυσπάλη
Genitive δυσπαλών δυσπάλων
Dative δυσπαλέσιν* δυσπάλεσιν*
Accusative δυσπαλείς δυσπάλη
Vocative δυσπαλείς δυσπάλη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυσπαλής δυσπαλούς δυσπαλέστερος δυσπαλεστέρου δυσπαλέστατος δυσπαλεστάτου
Adverb δυσπαλέως δυσπαλέστερον δυσπαλέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καλεῖ δ’ ἀκούοντασ οὐδὲν <ἐν> μέσᾳ δυσπαλεῖ τε δίνᾳ· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 41)

Synonyms

  1. hard to wrestle with

Similar forms

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

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