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δύσχρηστος

δύσχρηστος, hard to use, nearly useless

δύσχρηστ-ος, ον, (χράομαι)
  • hard to use, inconvenient, opp. εὔχρηστος, Hp. Aph. 2.54, cf. Sch.Il.Oxy. 221 vii 14; ἱππικὸν στράτευμα ἐν νυκτὶ . . δ. X. Cyr. 3.3.26; intractable, κύνες Id. Cyn. 3.11; of troops, Plb. 4.11.8 (Sup.); δ. ἐξουσία hard to use well, Isoc. 8.103; δύσχρηστα inconveniences, Cic. Att. 7.5.3, cf. D.S. 4.8. Adv. -τως, διακεῖσθαι to be in difficulties, unmanageable, of ships, Plb. 1.61.4; of troops, ἀπαλλάττειν Id. 4.64.7; δ. ἔχειν Plu. Aem. 19:—synon. for οὐ χρησίμως, Str. 17.2.4.

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