Ill-sounding,[1] harsh.
The headword adjective occurs in
Homer, Hesiod, and other early poets. (Later it is rare, generally referring to Homeric and Hesiodic passages; only
Maximus Astrologus and
Nonnus seem to use it in a original way.)
As to the glosses, in our opinion they have a double source:
A) The first, probably via
Hesychius, is the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 20.154, “
Δυσηλεγέος: δεινοῦ, δυσκολοῦ, χαλεποῦ (
scholia vetera and
scholia recentiora) -- which explains
χαλεπός here.
B) The second is from the
scholia to Hesiod,
Theogony 652:
Δυσηλεγέος: δυσφροντίστου, δυσεκλύτου, κακοήχου (
scholia vetera Di Gregorio), which explains
κακόηχος .
[1] Meaning according to LSJ. The sense, in this context (in relation to the Hesiodic verse), is perhaps “bringing a sentiment of uneasiness, disquieting”.
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