Δυσθήρατος

hard to catch

Translated by Catharine Roth4 Feb 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] hard to find.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσθήρατος· ὁ δυσεύρετος.

Betacode

*dusqh/ratos: o( duseu/retos.

= Hesychius delta2581; Synagoge delta404; Photius, Lexicon delta816. Adler also compares Ludwich's Anekdota 16.6.
The headword adjective is attested from Aristotle (when referring to the dabchick: kappa 1585) onwards.
For the glossing adjective cf. delta 1690.