Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

δύσπορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσπορος δύσπορον

Structure: δυσπορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to pass, scarce passable

Examples

  • δυσπόρου δ’ ὄντοσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ διαβάσεων ὀλίγων τε καὶ δυσχερῶν, ἐσ ἀταξίαν διῃροῦντο ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 15 2:8)
  • δυσπόρου δ’ ὄντοσ αὐτοῦ περᾶν σὺν ὀλίγοισ, ἀπελείφθη καὶ ὑπὸ τῶνδε πλὴν δέκα μόνων. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 14 3:9)

Synonyms

  1. hard to pass

Related

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

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