Δυσηλεγής
grief-bringing, cruel, pain-inducing, ruthless
Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo22 Mar 2005Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] ill-sounding,1 harsh.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δυσηλεγής· κακόηχος, χαλεπός.
Betacode
*dushlegh/s: kako/hxos, xalepo/s.
Notes (1)
- The headword adjective occurs in Homer, Hesiod, and other early poets. (Later it is rare, generally referring to Homeric and Hesiodic passages; only Maximus Astrologus and Nonnus seem to use it in a original way.)
As to the glosses, they seem to have a double source:
(i) Probably via Hesychius s.v., the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.154:dushlege/os: deinou=, duskolou=, xalepou= (scholia vetera and scholia recentiora) -- which explainsxalepo/s here.
(ii) The scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 652:dushlege/os: dusfronti/stou, duseklu/tou, kakoh/xou (scholia vetera Di Gregorio), which explainskako/hxos .