δυσθαλπής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δυσ- (dus-, “bad, hard, unfortunate”) + θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm up, heat”) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dys.tʰal.pɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dys.tʰalˈpe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðys.θalˈpis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðys.θalˈpis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðis.θalˈpis/
Adjective
δῠσθᾰλπής • (dŭsthălpḗs) m or f (neuter δῠσθᾰλπές); third declension
- hard to warm, chilly
- overwarm, burning hot
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῠσθᾰλπής dŭsthălpḗs |
δῠσθᾰλπές dŭsthălpés |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖς dŭsthălpeîs |
δῠσθᾰλπῆ dŭsthălpê | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῠσθᾰλποῦς dŭsthălpoûs |
δῠσθᾰλποῦς dŭsthălpoûs |
δῠσθᾰλποῖν dŭsthălpoîn |
δῠσθᾰλποῖν dŭsthălpoîn |
δῠσθᾰλπῶν dŭsthălpôn |
δῠσθᾰλπῶν dŭsthălpôn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλποῖν dŭsthălpoîn |
δῠσθᾰλποῖν dŭsthălpoîn |
δῠσθᾰλπέσῐ / δῠσθᾰλπέσῐν dŭsthălpésĭ(n) |
δῠσθᾰλπέσῐ / δῠσθᾰλπέσῐν dŭsthălpésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῠσθᾰλπῆ dŭsthălpê |
δῠσθᾰλπές dŭsthălpés |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖς dŭsthălpeîs |
δῠσθᾰλπῆ dŭsthălpê | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῠσθᾰλπές dŭsthălpés |
δῠσθᾰλπές dŭsthălpés |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖ dŭsthălpeî |
δῠσθᾰλπεῖς dŭsthălpeîs |
δῠσθᾰλπῆ dŭsthălpê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῠσθᾰλπῶς dŭsthălpôs |
δῠσθᾰλπέστερος dŭsthălpésteros |
δῠσθᾰλπέστᾰτος dŭsthălpéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δυσθαλπής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δυσθαλπής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δυσθαλπής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυσθαλπής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δυσθαλπής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)