Δυσπρόσιτα

unapproachable

Translated by William Hutton12 Sep 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] difficult to get near to.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσπρόσιτα· δυσχερῆ ἐγγισθῆναι.

Betacode

*duspro/sita: dusxerh= e)ggisqh=nai.

Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword, neuter plural of this adjective, must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Diodorus Siculus: 14.20.1 on Cyrus the Younger at the "Cilician Gates" in 401 BCE; 20.23.1 on the capital city (ta\ basi/leia) of the Sarmatian king Aripharnes.