δυσ-: Difference between revisions

|Definition=insepar. Prefix, opp. [[εὖ]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">un-, mis</b>-, 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. <b class="b2">duṣ-, dur</b>-, e.g. [[durmanās]], = [[δυσμενής]]; ONorse [[tor]]-, e.g. [[torsóttligr]] (δύσμαχος); OIr. <b class="b2">du-, do</b>-, e.g. [[dochruth]] 'misshapen'.)</span>