δυσ-: Difference between revisions

|Definition=insepar. Prefix, opp. [[εὖ]], [[un-]], [[mis-]], with notion of [[hard]], [[bad]], [[unlucky]], etc., as [[δυσήλιος]], [[δύσαγνος]]; [[destroying the good sense]] of a word, or [[increasing its bad sense]]: hence, joined even to words expressing negation, as [[δυσάμμορος]], [[δυσανάσχετος]]; ''poet.'' in strong contrasts, as <b class="b3">Πάρις Δύσπαρις, γάμος δύσγαμος</b>. Before στ, σθ, σπ, σφ<b class="b3">, σχ</b>, the final ς was omitted, v. δυστ-. (Cf. Skt. duṣ-, [[dur]]-, e.g. [[durmanās]], = [[δυσμενής]]; ONorse tor-, e.g. torsóttligr ([[δύσμαχος]]); OIr. du-, do-, e.g. dochruth '[[misshapen]]'.)