δύσχρηστος
ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει → take up thy bed and walk, take up your bed and walk, pick up your mat and walk
English (LSJ)
ον, (χράομαι)
A hard to use, inconvenient, opp. εὔχρηστος, Hp.Aph.2.54, cf. Sch.Il.Oxy.221 vii 14; ἱππικὸν στράτευμα ἐν νυκτὶ . . δ. X.Cyr.3.3.26; intractable, κύνες Id.Cyn.3.11; of troops, Plb.4.11.8 (Sup.); δ. ἐξουσία hard to use well, Isoc.8.103; δύσχρηστα inconveniences, Cic. Att.7.5.3, cf. D.S.4.8. Adv. -τως, διακεῖσθαι to be in difficulties, unmanageable, of ships, Plb.1.61.4; of troops, ἀπαλλάττειν Id.4.64.7; δ. ἔχειν Plu.Aem.19:—synon. for οὐ χρησίμως, Str.17.2.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 691] schlecht zu gebrauchen, unbrauchbar, στράτευμα Xen. Cyr. 3, 3, 26; Pol. 18, 15, 9; vgl. Dem. 58, 63; untauglich, unnütz, VLL.; ἵππος, schwer zu lenken, Plut. Alex. 6. – Adv., δυσχρήστως διακεῖσθαι, = ἀπορεῖν, Pol. 5, 18, 11 u. öfter; ἔχειν, zu nichts nütze sein, Plut. Aem. 19.
