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δύσκολος

dyskolos

hard to satisfy with food

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δύσκολος, ον, (κόλον): I. of persons, prop. hard to satisfy with food (cf. Ath. 6.262a): but, generally, hard to please, discontented, fretful, peevish, Ar. V. 942; γῆρας E. Ba. 1251; δ. ψυχὴ καὶ ἀγρία Pl. Lg. 649e, cf. Arist. EN 1108a30, etc.; τὸ δ. Pl. Lg. 791c; of animals, intractable, Id. Tht. 174d (Comp.): so in Adv. δυσκόλως, ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα, D. 19.132, Isoc. 3.33; δυσκολώτερον διακεῖσθαι Pl. Phd. 84e. II. of things, troublesome, harassing, δ. ἡ ἡνιόχησις Id. Phdr. 246b; πυρετοί Hp. Coac. 38: generally, unpleasant, ἄν τι δ. συμβῇ D. 18.189, cf. Men. 89; εἴ τι δ. πέπρακται Θηβαίοις πρὸς ἡμᾶς D. 18.176; καιροὶ δ. difficult times, IG 22.682.33. Adv. -λως, ὑπακούειν Hp. Epid. 3.8. 2. difficult to explain, Arist. SE 180b5, Metaph. 1001b1; δ. ἐστι it is difficult, Ev.Marc. 10.24, cf. Onos. 1.15 (Comp.); τὰ μὲν ῥάδια . . τὰ δὲ δ. Phld. Po. 994.24. Adv. -λως hardly, with difficulty, Ev.Marc. 10.23,al.
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