Δυσπλῆτις

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Translated by Stefano Sanfilippo22 Feb 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσπλῆτις.

Betacode

*dusplh=tis.

LSJ considers this term a false reading for dasplh=tis, "horrid, frightful": see web address 1. It occurs in Lycophron, Alexandra 1452, where the writer describes na/pas (valleys) which he qualifies as dusplh/tidas. Tzetzes, in the scholion, explains that valleys dusplh/tides are "difficult to reach" (ai( dusko/lws plhttome/nai), while those dasplh/tidas are "terrifying" (kataplh/ktai).