hard
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. and V. σκληρός, στερεός. V. στυφλός, περισκελής, Ar. and V. στερρός. Difficult: P. and V. δυσχερής, ἄπορος, ἀμήχανος (rare P.), προσάντης, V. δυσπετής, Ar. and P. χαλεπός. Painful: P. and V. λυπηρος, πικρός, βαρύς, δυσχερής, V. δυσπόνητος, πολύπονος, ἀχθεινός, λυπρός. Cruel: P. and V. ὠμός, ἄγριος, ἀγνώμων, δεινός, πικρός, σκληρός, σχέτλιος, τραχύς, V. ὠμόφρων, Ar. and P. χαλεπός. Severe (of things): P. ἰσχυρός. Die hard, v.: P. δυσθανατεῖν. Dying hard: V. δυσθνήσκων. Be hard of hearing: P. ἀμβλὺ ἀκούειν (Plat.). Be hardpressed: P. and V. βιάζεσθαι, πονεῖν, ταλαιπωρεῖν, πιέζεσθαι, κάμνειν, νοσεῖν (rare P.), Ar. and P. ταλαιπωρεῖσθαι, P. πονεῖσθαι.
