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δυσπρόσοιστος

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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d
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Transliteration A: dysprósoistos Transliteration B: dysprosoistos Transliteration C: dysprosoistos Beta Code: duspro/soistos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A hard to approach, στόμα S.OC1277.

German (Pape)

[Seite 688] unzugänglich, unfreundlich, στόμα Soph. O. C. 1277.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δυσπρόσοιστος: -ον, ὃν δύσκολον εἶνε νὰ πλησιάσῃ τις, στόμα Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1277. ― Κατὰ τὸν Nauck γραπτ. δυσπρόσωπον.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
peu abordable, intraitable.
Étymologie: δυσ-, προσφέρω.