δυσπαίπαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A variant on epic παιπαλόεις, from δῠσ- (dŭs-, “bad”) + παίπᾰλον (paípălon, “steep place”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dys.pǎi̯.pa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dysˈpɛ.pa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðysˈpɛ.pa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðysˈpe.pa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðisˈpe.pa.los/
Adjective
δῠσπαίπᾰλος • (dŭspaípălos) m or f (neuter δῠσπαίπᾰλον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῠσπαίπᾰλος dŭspaípălos |
δῠσπαίπᾰλον dŭspaípălon |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λω dŭspaipắlō |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λω dŭspaipắlō |
δῠσπαίπᾰλοι dŭspaípăloi |
δῠσπαίπᾰλᾰ dŭspaípălă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῠσπαιπᾰ́λου dŭspaipắlou |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λου dŭspaipắlou |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λοιν dŭspaipắloin |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λοιν dŭspaipắloin |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λων dŭspaipắlōn |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λων dŭspaipắlōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῠσπαιπᾰ́λῳ dŭspaipắlōi |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λῳ dŭspaipắlōi |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λοιν dŭspaipắloin |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λοιν dŭspaipắloin |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λοις dŭspaipắlois |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λοις dŭspaipắlois | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῠσπαίπᾰλον dŭspaípălon |
δῠσπαίπᾰλον dŭspaípălon |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λω dŭspaipắlō |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λω dŭspaipắlō |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λους dŭspaipắlous |
δῠσπαίπᾰλᾰ dŭspaípălă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῠσπαίπᾰλε dŭspaípăle |
δῠσπαίπᾰλον dŭspaípălon |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λω dŭspaipắlō |
δῠσπαιπᾰ́λω dŭspaipắlō |
δῠσπαίπᾰλοι dŭspaípăloi |
δῠσπαίπᾰλᾰ dŭspaípălă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῠσπαιπᾰ́λως dŭspaipắlōs |
δῠσπαιπᾰλώτερος dŭspaipălṓteros |
δῠσπαιπᾰλώτᾰτος dŭspaipălṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δυσπαίπαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δυσπαίπαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυσπαίπαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)