hard to take in hand
δυσχερ-ής,ές, (χείρ)
A. hard to take in handormanage, 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 ποιεῖσθαιto raisedifficulties, 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. difficulttimes, Inscr.Prien. 37.132 .
3. of arguments,contradictory, captious, Pl. Prt. 333d , D. 20.113 ;τὰ δυσχερῆ difficultiesin an argument or discussion, Arist. EN 1145b6 , Metaph. 1067b35 .
II. of persons,ill-tempered, unfriendly,τινίto 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. EE 1221b3 .
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. ἔχεινto beannoyed, πρός τι
Id. Prt. 332a
; ἐπί τινι
Amphis 34
.
