δυσπρόσιτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δυσ- (dus-) + προσιτός (prositós), from πρόσειμι (próseimi) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dys.pró.si.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dysˈpro.si.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðysˈpro.si.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðysˈpro.si.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðisˈpro.si.tos/
Adjective
δυσπρόσῐτος • (dusprósĭtos) m or f (neuter δυσπρόσῐτον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῠσπρόσῐτος dŭsprósĭtos |
δῠσπρόσῐτον dŭsprósĭton |
δῠσπροσῐ́τω dŭsprosĭ́tō |
δῠσπροσῐ́τω dŭsprosĭ́tō |
δῠσπρόσῐτοι dŭsprósĭtoi |
δῠσπρόσῐτᾰ dŭsprósĭtă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῠσπροσῐ́του dŭsprosĭ́tou |
δῠσπροσῐ́του dŭsprosĭ́tou |
δῠσπροσῐ́τοιν dŭsprosĭ́toin |
δῠσπροσῐ́τοιν dŭsprosĭ́toin |
δῠσπροσῐ́των dŭsprosĭ́tōn |
δῠσπροσῐ́των dŭsprosĭ́tōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῠσπροσῐ́τῳ dŭsprosĭ́tōi |
δῠσπροσῐ́τῳ dŭsprosĭ́tōi |
δῠσπροσῐ́τοιν dŭsprosĭ́toin |
δῠσπροσῐ́τοιν dŭsprosĭ́toin |
δῠσπροσῐ́τοις dŭsprosĭ́tois |
δῠσπροσῐ́τοις dŭsprosĭ́tois | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῠσπρόσῐτον dŭsprósĭton |
δῠσπρόσῐτον dŭsprósĭton |
δῠσπροσῐ́τω dŭsprosĭ́tō |
δῠσπροσῐ́τω dŭsprosĭ́tō |
δῠσπροσῐ́τους dŭsprosĭ́tous |
δῠσπρόσῐτᾰ dŭsprósĭtă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῠσπρόσῐτε dŭsprósĭte |
δῠσπρόσῐτον dŭsprósĭton |
δῠσπροσῐ́τω dŭsprosĭ́tō |
δῠσπροσῐ́τω dŭsprosĭ́tō |
δῠσπρόσῐτοι dŭsprósĭtoi |
δῠσπρόσῐτᾰ dŭsprósĭtă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῠσπροσῐ́τως dŭsprosĭ́tōs |
δῠσπροσῐτώτερος dŭsprosĭtṓteros |
δῠσπροσῐτώτᾰτος dŭsprosĭtṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- →⇒ French: dysprosium (the source of the element name in virtually all other languages)
Further reading
- δυσπρόσιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- δυσπρόσιτος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “δυσπρόσιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “δυσπρόσιτος”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- exclusive idem, page 289.
- inaccessible idem, page 427.
- unapproachable idem, page 907.
- unsociable idem, page 932.