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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

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

  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἧττον ἰσχυρὰ δυσπαθείαισ ἡ φύσισ ἀμύνεται, σκληρότητασ προβαλλομένη καὶ πυκνότητασ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 28:1)
  • "εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἀεὶ μενεῖσ ἐπὶ τῇ δυσπαθείᾳ ταύτῃ , τελείαν ἀθλιότητα σεαυτῷ παρέξεισ καὶ πικροτάτην κακοδαιμονίαν διὰ ψυχῆσ ἀγέννειαν καὶ μαλακίαν εἰ δὲ μεταθήσῃ ποτέ, τί οὐκ ἤδη μετατίθεσαι καὶ σεαυτὸν ἀνέλκεισ ἐκ τῆσ ἀτυχίασ; (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 202)

Synonyms

  1. firmness in resisting

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

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