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δυσπενθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπενθής δυσπενθές

Structure: δυσπενθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. bringing sore affliction, direful

Examples

  • τὸν παρθενίοισ ὑπό τ’ ἀπλάτοισ ὀφίων κεφαλαῖσ ἀί̈ε λειβόμενον δυσπενθέϊ σὺν καμάτῳ, Περσεὺσ ὁπότε τρίτον ἄνυσσεν κασιγνητᾶν μέροσ, εἰναλίᾳ τε Σερίφῳ λαοῖσί τε μοῖραν ἄγων. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 12 3:1)

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

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