δυσκάθαρτος

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κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically

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Transliteration A: dyskáthartos Transliteration B: dyskathartos Transliteration C: dyskathartos Beta Code: duska/qartos

English (LSJ)

[κᾰ], ον,

   A hard to purify, Ph.1.239, al.; hard to purge, πνεύματα Plu.2.991b, cf. Dsc.5.69.    II hard to satisfy by purification or atonement, δ. Ἅιδου λιμήν, of the house of the Labdacidae in which murders never ceased, S.Ant. 1284 (lyr.); δαίμων Ar.Pax1250.

German (Pape)

[Seite 681] schwer zu reinigen; πνεῦμα Plut. Gryll. 8; – schwer auszusöhnen, nicht durch Sühnopfer zu besänftigen, Ἅιδου λιμήν Soph. Ant. 1270; δαίμων Ar. Pax 1250.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δυσκάθαρτος: -ον, δυσκόλως καθαιρόμενος, Πλούτ. 2. 991Β. ΙΙ. δυσκόλως διὰ καθαρμῶν ἐξιλεούμενος, Λατ. inexpiabilis, δ. Ἅιδου λιμήν, ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου τῶν Λαβδακιδῶν, ἐν ᾧ οὐδέποτε ἔληξαν οἱ φόνοι, Σοφ. Ἀντ. 1284· δαίμων Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 1250.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ος, ον :
1 difficile à purifier;
2 difficile à fléchir par des expiations, càd qui exige victime sur victime.
Étymologie: δυσ-, καθαίρω.