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Δυσπάλαιστος · hard to wrestle with (δ 1680) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near δ1680

δ1676I am timid
δ1677I put to shame; I exhort
δ1678they will keep painful watch
δ1679Dysoron, Dysorum, Dusoron
δ1680hard to wrestle with
δ1681evil Paris
δ1682hard to pass
δ1683unpleasantly stormy
δ1684rugged, steep

Suda/Δ delta/δ1680

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Δυσπάλαιστος

hard to wrestle with

Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo16 Feb 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 28 words

Translation

[Meaning] hard to overcome. Euripides [uses it] this way.¹
Also [sc. attested is the variant, and neuter] duspale/s,² [meaning something] hard to take in hand, hard to overcome.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσπάλαιστος· δυσκαταγώνιστος. οὕτως Εὐριπίδης. καὶ Δυσπαλές, δυσχερές, δυσκαταγώνιστον.

Betacode

*duspa/laistos: duskatagw/nistos. ou(/tws *eu)ripi/dhs. kai\ *duspale/s, dusxere/s, duskatagw/niston.

Notes (2)

A juxtaposition of glosses from two different sources. The first one is also in Photius, with something similar in Hesychius delta2639 (the synonym is a)katagw/nistos); the second is also in Hesychius delta2641.
1Euripides, Alcestis 889 and (neuter) Supplices 1118. See also (and also figurative) Aeschylus, Supplices 468 and Choephori 692. ↩
2Perhaps quoted from Pindar (Olympians 8.25 or Pythians 4.273).

Neighbouring entries

δ1678Δυσωρήσονταιthey will keep painful watch δ1679ΔύσωρονDysoron, Dysorum, Dusoron δ1680Δυσπάλαιστοςhard to wrestle with δ1681Δύσπαριevil Paris δ1682Δυσπάριτονhard to pass

Revision history4 revisions · last 8 Mar 2015

8 Mar 2015coding — Catharine Roth
22 Jul 2012tweaking — David Whitehead
17 Feb 2005augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
17 Feb 2005cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
16 Feb 2005Translated — Stefano Sanfilippo

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δυσπάλαιστος (Adler number delta 1680), trans. Stefano Sanfilippo, 16 Feb 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1680

Translation by Stefano Sanfilippo for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗