Strong G1418δυσ-
hard
- Transliteration
- dus-
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
δυσ-
inseparable prefix, opposite to εὖ, like un-, mis- (in unrest, mischance), giving the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness, etc.
(AS)
inseparable prefix, opposite to εὖ, like un-, mis- (in unrest, mischance), giving the idea of difficulty, opposition, injuriousness, etc.
(AS)
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δῠσ-,
insepar. Prefix, opposed to εὖ, un-, mis-, with notion of hard, bad, unlucky, etc., as δυσήλιος, δύσαγνος; destroying the good sense of a word, or increasing its bad sense: hence, joined even to words expressing negation, as δυσάμμορος, δυσανάσχετο; poetry in strong contrasts, as Πάρις Δύσπαρις, γάμος δύσγαμος. Before στ, σθ, σπ, σφ, σχ, the final ς was omitted, see δυστ-. (Cf. Sanskrit du[snull]-, dur-, e.g. durmanās, ={δυσμενής}; ONorse tor-, e.g. torsóttligr (δύσμαχος); OIr. du-, do-, e.g. dochruth 'misshapen'.)
insepar. Prefix, opposed to εὖ, un-, mis-, with notion of hard, bad, unlucky, etc., as δυσήλιος, δύσαγνος; destroying the good sense of a word, or increasing its bad sense: hence, joined even to words expressing negation, as δυσάμμορος, δυσανάσχετο; poetry in strong contrasts, as Πάρις Δύσπαρις, γάμος δύσγαμος. Before στ, σθ, σπ, σφ, σχ, the final ς was omitted, see δυστ-. (Cf. Sanskrit du[snull]-, dur-, e.g. durmanās, ={δυσμενής}; ONorse tor-, e.g. torsóttligr (δύσμαχος); OIr. du-, do-, e.g. dochruth 'misshapen'.)