Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσπέμφελος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπέμφελος δυσπέμφελον

Structure: δυσπεμφελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: perh. from same Root as pe/mfic

Sense

  1. rough and stormy, rude, uncourteous

Examples

  • μηδὲ πολυξείνου δαιτὸσ δυσπέμφελοσ εἶναι ἐκ κοινοῦ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 81:1)
  • εἰ δή που καὶ πόντῳ ἐν ἰχθυόεντι γένοιτο, πολλοὺσ ἂν κορέσειεν ἀνὴρ ὅδε τήθεα διφῶν νηὸσ ἀποθρῴσκων, εἰ καὶ δυσπέμφελοσ εἰή, ὡσ νῦν ἐν πεδίῳ ἐξ ἵππων ῥεῖα κυβιστᾷ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 62:11)

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

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