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δυσπέρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπέρατος δυσπέρατον

Structure: δυσπερατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to get through

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δυσπέρατος δυσπέρατον
Genitive δυσπεράτου δυσπεράτου
Dative δυσπεράτῳ δυσπεράτῳ
Accusative δυσπέρατον δυσπέρατον
Vocative δυσπέρατε δυσπέρατον
DualN/A/V δυσπεράτω δυσπεράτω
G/D δυσπεράτοιν δυσπεράτοιν
PluralNominative δυσπέρατοι δυσπέρατα
Genitive δυσπεράτων δυσπεράτων
Dative δυσπεράτοις δυσπεράτοις
Accusative δυσπεράτους δυσπέρατα
Vocative δυσπέρατοι δυσπέρατα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυσπέρατος δυσπεράτου δυσπερατώτερος δυσπερατωτέρου δυσπερατώτατος δυσπερατωτάτου
Adverb δυσπεράτως δυσπερατώτερον δυσπερατώτατα

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

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἤκουσαν πλησίον εἶναι τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, κατεστρατοπέδευσαν ἐπί τινοσ γεωλόφου περιεχομένου ῥείθροισ βαθέσι καὶ δυσπεράτοισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 38 2:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἑώρων τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Ἀγαθοκλέα διαβαίνοντασ ἤδη τὸν ποταμόν, συντεταγμένοι ἐνέβαλον καὶ περὶ τὸ ῥεῖθρον δυσπέρατον ὑπάρχον πολλοὺσ τῶν ἐναντίων ἀνῄρουν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 38 4:2)
  • 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

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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