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δυσπάθεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπάθεια

Structure: δυσπαθει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from duspaqe/w

Sense

  1. firmness in resisting

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δυσπάθεια δυσπαθείᾱ δυσπάθειαι
Genitive δυσπαθείᾱς δυσπαθείαιν δυσπαθειῶν
Dative δυσπαθείᾱͅ δυσπαθείαιν δυσπαθείαις
Accusative δυσπαθείᾱν δυσπαθείᾱ δυσπαθείᾱς
Vocative δυσπαθείᾱ δυσπαθείᾱ δυσπάθειαι

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

  • ἣν γὰρ δοκεῖ ποιεῖν δυσπάθειαν πρὸσ σ τὰ ἔξω καὶ σκληρότητα τοῦ σώματοσ, αὕτη μεῖζον ἀπεργάζεται περὶ τὰ ἐντὸσ κακόν, ἐνισταμένη τοῖσ πόροισ καὶ τὰ ὑγρὰ συνάγουσα καὶ πηγνύουσα τὰσ ἀναθυμιάσεισ ἀεὶ χαλᾶσθαι καὶ διαφορεῖσθαι βουλομένασ. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 172)
  • δυσπάθειαν δὲ καὶ ῥώμην αὐτῶν ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ ὁ τεχνίτησ Ζωΐλοσ ἐκέλευσεν ἐξ εἴκοσι βημάτων ἀφεῖναι καταπελτικὸν βέλοσ, οὗ προσπεσόντοσ ἀρραγὴσ διέμεινεν ὁ σίδηροσ, ἀμυχὴν δὲ μόλισ ἔσχεν ἀμβλεῖαν, οἱο͂ν ἀπὸ γραφείου. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 21 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. firmness in resisting

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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