δύσφραστος

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τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind

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Transliteration A: dýsphrastos Transliteration B: dysphrastos Transliteration C: dysfrastos Beta Code: du/sfrastos

English (LSJ)

ον, A hard to tell or explain, mysterious, Pl.Ti.50c: generally, difficult, κέλευθα Opp.H.2.60. II Act., speaking with difficulty, γλῶσσα Ezek.Exag.114. Adv. -τως Lyc.1466.

German (Pape)

[Seite 690] schwer zu sagen, unerklärlich; Plat. Tim. 50 c; κέλευθα, schwer zu bemerken, Opp. H. 2, 60. – Adv., Lycophr. 1466. – Act., = schwer aussprechend, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δύσφραστος: -ον, δυσκόλως λεγόμενος ἢ ἑρμηνευόμενος, μυστηριώδης, Πλάτ. Τιμ. 50C· - καθόλου, δύσκολος, κέλευθα Ὀππ. Ἀλ. 2. 60. ΙΙ. ἐνεργ., μετὰ δυσκολίας ὁμιλῶν. - Ἐπίρρ. -τως, Λυκ. 1466.

Spanish (DGE)

-ον
I 1difícil de explicar τρόπον τινὰ δύσφραστον καὶ θαυμαστόν Pl.Ti.50c, cf. Plot.6.5.8, μυστήρια A.Andr.Gr.65.2, θέαμα Plot.6.9.10, τεκμήρια Them.Or.23.287d
neutr. plu. subst. τὰ δύσφραστα las cosas difíciles de explicar ἐπὶ τῶν δυσφράστων καὶ δυσνοήτων Zen.1.57
de una expresión difícil de pronunciar Sch.Er.Il.14.283-284
fig. difícil de distinguir κέλευθα Opp.H.2.60.
2 que habla con dificultad γλῶσσα Ezech.114.
II adv. -ως
1 enigmáticamente ἑλικτὰ κωτίλλουσα δ. ἔπη emitiendo enigmáticamente palabras enrevesadas de Casandra, Lyc.1466.
2 incorrectamente οὕτω ... φησι βαρβάρως καὶ δ. Sch.Ar.Au.1680.

Greek Monolingual

δύσφραστος, -ον (Α)
1. αυτός που δύσκολα εκφράζεται ή ερμηνεύεται, μυστηριώδης («τρόπον τινὰ δύσφραστον»)
2. δύσκολος
3. αυτός που μιλά με δυσκολία.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

δύσφραστος -ον [δυσ-, φράζω] moeilijk te beschrijven.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

δύσφραστος: трудно выразимый, неизъяснимый (δ. καὶ θαυμαστός Plat.).