Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσπέρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπέρατος δυσπέρατον

Structure: δυσπερατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to get through

Examples

  • νυνὶ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐξέφθαρται τὰ δ’ ἡμέρωται τελέωσ, ὥστε τὰσ δι’ αὐτῶν ὑπερβολὰσ τοῦ ὄρουσ πρότερον οὔσασ ὀλίγασ καὶ δυσπεράτουσ νυνὶ πολλαχόθεν εἶναι καὶ ἀσφαλεῖσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ εὐβάτουσ, ὡσ ἔνεστι, διὰ τὴν κατασκευήν. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 12:7)

Synonyms

  1. hard to get through

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

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