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δυσπόριστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσπόριστος δυσπόριστον

Structure: δυσποριστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pori/zw

Sense

  1. gotten with much labour, difficulty of getting

Examples

  • ] Τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν ὅσαι μὴ ἐπ’ ἀλγοῦν ἐπανάγουσιν ἐὰν μὴ συμπληρωθῶσιν, οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀναγκαῖαι ἀλλ’ εὐδιάχυτον τὴν ὄρεξιν ἔχουσιν, ὅταν δυσπόριστοι ἢ βλάβησ ἀπεργαστικαὶ δόξωσιν εἶναι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 148:4)

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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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