ΔΥΣΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΤΟΝ, δυσκαθαιρετον
DYSKATHAIRETON, dyskathaireton
Sounds Like: dys-ka-THAI-reh-ton
Translations: difficult to pull down, difficult to destroy, difficult to overthrow, difficult to remove
From the root: ΔΥΣΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is hard to bring down, demolish, or overcome. It is used to characterize a situation, structure, or force that is resistant to being dismantled or defeated. For example, a rebellion or a stronghold could be described as difficult to overthrow.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 17:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΚΑΘΑΙΡΕΤΟΣ — hard to pull down, hard to destroy, difficult to demolish, impregnable
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