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|Definition=impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐδυσχέραινον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''169d: aor. ἐδυσχέρᾱνα S.''OC''1282, Isoc.12.201: aor. Pass. ἐδυσχεράνθην Plu.2.820f: ([[δυσχερής]]):—to [[be unable to endure]] or [[put up with]], to [[be disgusted at]], c. acc., Isoc.14.46, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''195c, D.19.116, etc.; θεούς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''900a; δ. τὸ γενέσθαι τι X.''HG''7.4.2; τὸ ἀδικεῖν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 362b: c. acc. et part., to [[be annoyed at]] his doing, Aeschin.1.158.<br><span class="bld">2</span> mostly intr., [[feel dislike]], [[disgust]] or [[annoyance]], to [[be displeased]], περί τινος And.3.35; [[τινί]] [[at]] a thing, D.55.11; ἐπί τινι Isoc.1.26; πρός τι D.H.''Th.''34, Plu. ''Pyrrh.''21; κατά τινος Luc.''Nav.''10; also <b class="b3">δ. ἑαυτῷ</b> to [[have misgivings]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''984a29:—Pass., to [[be hateful]], ὄνομα δυσχεραινόμενον Plu.''Publ.''1; δ. ὑπὸ πολλῶν Id.''Cic.''24.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., [[scorn]] to do a thing, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 388a: c. acc., <b class="b3">δ. τι τῶν λεχθέντων</b> [[feel qualms about]], Id.''Plt.''294a; <b class="b3">ταῦτ' οὐκ ἐδυσχέραινεν</b> [[felt]] no [[scruple about]], Aeschin.1.54; to [[be fastidious]], περὶ τὰ μαθήματα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 475b.<br><span class="bld">II</span> causal, [[cause annoyance]], <b class="b3">ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι ἢ δυσχεράναντ</b>' S.''OC''1282; <b class="b3">δ. τὴν ὁδόν</b> [[make]] it [[difficult]], App.''Ill.''18:—Pass., to [[be disagreeable]], τοῖς ἀκούουσι Arist.''Rh.Al.''1432b19: abs., ib.1437a33.<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">δ. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις</b> to [[make difficulties]] in argument, to [[be captious]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 450e.