δυσμενής

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *dusmenḗs, from Proto-Indo-European *dusmenḗs (whence also Sanskrit दुर्मनास् (durmanā́s), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬱𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬵 (dušmanah), Middle Persian [script needed] (dwšmn'), Middle Persian [script needed] (dwšmyn'), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫖𐫏𐫗 (dwšmyn /⁠dušmen⁠/)), from *dus- + *ménos (mind, thought), from *men- (think). Equivalent to δῠσ- (dus-) +‎ μένος (ménos, spirit) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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δῠσμενής (dusmenḗsm or f (neuter δῠσμενές); third declension

  1. hostile [with dative or genitive ‘to someone’]
  2. (substantive) enemy [with dative or genitive ‘of someone’]

Inflection

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Synonyms

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