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Δυσπροσπέλαστος · inaccessible (δ 1693) · Suda

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Near δ1693

δ1689inaccessible
δ1690hard to acquire, obtained with difficulty
δ1691more ill-fated, rather ill-fated
δ1692unapproachable
δ1693inaccessible
δ1694more chilling, rather chilling
δ1695hard to detect
δ1696wretched
δ1697wretched

Suda/Δ delta/δ1693

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Δυσπροσπέλαστος

inaccessible

Translated by William Hutton12 Sep 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

[no gloss]

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δυσπροσπέλαστος.

Betacode

*dusprospe/lastos.

Notes

Rare word, but used (e.g.) by Plutarch, Pompey 28.1 (of the Cilician pirate strongholds attacked by P.: accusative plural) and in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 15.234 (as a gloss on dasplh=tis *)Erinnu/s; see also Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon).

Neighbouring entries

δ1691Δυσποτμότερονmore ill-fated, rather ill-fated δ1692Δυσπρόσιταunapproachable δ1693Δυσπροσπέλαστοςinaccessible δ1694Δυσριγότεροςmore chilling, rather chilling δ1695Δυστέκμαρτονhard to detect

Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Apr 2015

4 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
23 Jul 2012expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
13 Sep 2004supplied note and appropriate keywords — David Whitehead
12 Sep 2004Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δυσπροσπέλαστος (Adler number delta 1693), trans. William Hutton, 12 Sep 2004. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1693

Translation by William Hutton 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 ↗