Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσθήρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσθήρατος δυσθήρατον

Structure: δυσθηρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qhra/w

Sense

  1. hard to catch

Examples

  • ἔργον ἢ γνῶσιν καὶ μάθησιν τοῦ ὄντοσ εὖ μάλα δυσθήρατόσ ἐστι καὶ δύσληπτοσ, ὡσ ὁμολογοῦσιν αὐτοί. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 2 30:1)

Synonyms

  1. hard to catch

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

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