ΔΥΣΑΡΚΤΟΝ, δυσαρκτον
DYSARKTON, dysarkton
Sounds Like: dys-AR-kton
Translations: difficult to ward off, unmanageable, insufficient, hard to bear, difficult to endure
From the root: ΔΥΣΑΡΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective formed from the prefix 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'difficult', and 'ἀρκέω' (arkeō), meaning 'to be sufficient' or 'to ward off'. Therefore, it describes something that is difficult to ward off, unmanageable, or insufficient. It can be used to describe situations or things that are hard to bear or endure.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 6:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΑΡΚΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΥΣΑΡΚΤΟΙΣ — hard to govern, disobedient, unruly, unmanageable
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