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δυσπαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπαθής δυσπαθές

Structure: δυσπαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: paqei=n

Sense

  1. impatient of suffering, hardly feeling, impassive

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δυσπαθής δύσπαθες
Genitive δυσπαθούς δυσπάθους
Dative δυσπαθεί δυσπάθει
Accusative δυσπαθή δύσπαθες
Vocative δυσπαθές δύσπαθες
DualN/A/V δυσπαθεί δυσπάθει
G/D δυσπαθοίν δυσπάθοιν
PluralNominative δυσπαθείς δυσπάθη
Genitive δυσπαθών δυσπάθων
Dative δυσπαθέσιν* δυσπάθεσιν*
Accusative δυσπαθείς δυσπάθη
Vocative δυσπαθείς δυσπάθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυσπαθής δυσπαθούς δυσπαθέστερος δυσπαθεστέρου δυσπαθέστατος δυσπαθεστάτου
Adverb δυσπαθέως δυσπαθέστερον δυσπαθέστατα

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

  • δυσπαθέστερα γὰρ καὶ καρτερώτερα τὰ σώματα γίγνονται αὐτοῖσ διαπονούμενα. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 24:7)
  • ἡ δ’ ἁφὴ πρὸσ τὰ ἕλκη δυσπαθήσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 4:2)
  • ἦν δὲ καὶ τὰ σκάφη Πομπηίῳ μὲν βραχύτερα καὶ κοῦφα καὶ ὀξέα ἐσ τὰσ ἐφορμήσεισ τε καὶ περίπλουσ, καίσαρι δὲ μείζω καὶ βαρύτερα καὶ παρ’ αὐτὸ καὶ βραδύτερα, βιαιότερα δὲ ὅμωσ ἐμπεσεῖν καὶ τρωθῆναι δυσπαθέστερα. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 11 10:5)

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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