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δυσχερ-ής , ές, (χείρ)
A.hard to take in hand or manage, opp. εὐχερής:
I. of things, annoying, vexatious, “θεωρία” A.Pr.802; “πᾶσι θαῦμα δ.” S.Ant.254; “Ἁρπάλου ἄφιξις” Din.2.5; of actions, odious, unpopular, Isoc.12.63 (Sup.); disagreeable, Pl.Lg.779e (Comp.); τὸ δ., = δυσχέρεια, E.Ph. 390; “δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν” D.18.3; δυσχερὲς ποιεῖσθαι to raise difficulties, Th.4.85.
2. difficult, Pl.Hp.Mi.369b (Sup.), etc.; “τύχη” Lys.24.6 (Sup.); “βίος” D.60.24; τὰ δυσχερῆ difficulties, Id.10.58, al.; καιροὶ δ. difficult times, Inscr.Prien.37.132.
3. of arguments, contradictory, captious, Pl.Prt.333d, D.20.113; τὰ δυσχερῆ difficulties in an argument or discussion, Arist.EN1145b6, Metaph.1067b35.
II. of persons, ill-tempered, unfriendly, τινί to one, S.El.929; “πρός τινα” E. Ion 398; “ἄτοποι καὶ δ.” D.19.308; δ. περὶ τὰ σιτία fastidious, Pl.R.475c, cf. Arist.EE1221b3.
2. unpleasant, offensive, Thphr.Char.19.1; “ὕδωρ” D.C.68.31.
III. Adv. δυσχερῶς, φέρειν, Lat. aegre ferre, Hp. Aph.1.25; “ἀποδέχεσθαι” Pl.Euthphr.6a; δ. ἔχειν to be annoyed, “πρός τι” Id.Prt.332a; “ἐπί τινι” Amphis 34.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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