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δυσπάθεια?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: dyspatheia

Principal Part: δυσπάθεια

Structure: δυσπαθει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: from δυσπαθέω

Sense

  1. firmness in resisting

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δυσπάθεια δυσπαθεία δυσπάθειαι
Genitive δυσπαθείας δυσπαθείαιν δυσπαθειῶν
Dative δυσπαθείᾳ δυσπαθείαιν δυσπαθείαις
Accusative δυσπαθείαν δυσπαθεία δυσπαθείας
Vocative δυσπαθεία δυσπαθεία 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

  • 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

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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