ΔΥΣΕΦΙΚΤΟΝ, δυσεφικτον
DYSEPHIKTON, dysephikton
Sounds Like: dy-SEF-ik-ton
Translations: difficult to reach, hard to attain, inaccessible, unapproachable, a difficult to reach, an inaccessible
From the root: ΔΥΣΕΦΙΚΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'difficult to reach' or 'hard to attain'. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'bad', 'difficult', or 'hard', and 'ἐφικτός' (ephiktos), meaning 'reachable' or 'attainable'. Therefore, it describes something that is not easily reached or achieved. It can be used to describe places, goals, or even concepts.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:156
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΕΦΙΚΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΕΦΙΚΤΟΙ — hard to reach, difficult to attain, inaccessible, hard to reach ones, difficult to attain ones, inaccessible ones
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