Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δυσυπόστατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσυπόστατος δυσυπόστατον

Structure: δυσυποστατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hard to withstand

Examples

  • δυσυποστάτου δὲ τῆσ περὶ αὐτὸν οὔσησ βίασ ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἐπιστρέψασ τὸν ἵππον ἐπὶ τὸν σατράπην ἐφίππευσε τῷ βαρβάρῳ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 19 10:1)
  • πολλοῦ δὲ φόνου γινομένου καὶ τῆσ τῶν βαρβάρων βίασ δυσυποστάτου γινομένησ ὁ Παρμενίων ἐξέπεμψέ τινασ τῶν περὶ αὐτὸν ἱππέων πρὸσ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον, λέγων κατὰ τάχοσ βοηθῆσαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 60 7:1)

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION