Included with: δύσ-κολος, ον,
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__I of persons, properly hard to satisfy with food [[compare (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.262a)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: but, generally, hard to please, discontented, fretful, peevish, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 942; γῆρας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1251; δ. ψυχὴ καὶ ἀγρία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 649e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1108a30, etc.; τὸ δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 791c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, intractable, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 174d (_comparative_): so in ] Refs] adverb δυσκόλως, ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα[[, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.132, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.33; δυσκολώτερον διακεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of things, troublesome, harassing, δ. ἡ ἡνιόχησις [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 246b; πυρετοί 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, unpleasant, ἄν τι δ. συμβῇ [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.189, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 89; εἴ τι δ. πέπρακται Θηβαίοις πρὸς ἡμᾶς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.176 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; καιροὶ δ. difficult times, [[ “IG” 22.682.33] Refs]. adverb -λως, ὑπακούειν [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 difficult to explain, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 180b5, “Metaphorical” 1001b1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. ἐστι it is difficult, [[NT.Mark.10.24, compare 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 1.15 (_comparative_)] NT+1st c.AD+]; τὰ μὲν ῥάδια.. τὰ δὲ δ. [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 994.24 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb -λως hardly, with difficulty, [[NT.Mark.10.23, +others ] NT]