ΔΥΣΔΙΑΘΕΤΟΝ, δυσδιαθετον
DYSDIATHETON, dysdiatheton
Sounds Like: dys-dee-ah-THEH-ton
Translations: hard to dispose of, difficult to arrange, ill-disposed, difficult to manage, a difficult thing to manage
From the root: ΔΥΣΔΙΑΘΕΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective meaning 'hard to dispose of' or 'difficult to arrange/manage'. It describes something that is problematic or intractable, not easily put in order or dealt with. It can refer to a situation, a thing, or even a person's disposition. The word is formed from 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'difficult', and 'διατίθημι' (diatithēmi), meaning 'to dispose' or 'to arrange'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 9:334
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΔΙΑΘΕΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΔΙΑΘΕΤΟΣ — hard to please, ill-disposed, difficult to manage, a hard to please, an ill-disposed, a difficult to manage
- ΔΥΣΔΙΑΘΕΤΟΥ — of hard to deal with, of difficult, of unmanageable, of ill-disposed
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