COMPOUND: δυσηλεγής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [Part+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘bringing bitter grief, cruel, ruthless’ (prob. orig. ‘who don’t care/heed’, ‘merciless’)
ETYMOLOGY: δυσ- ‘un-, mis-‘ + verbal root ἀλεγ- (ἀλέγω) ‘have a care, mind, heed’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Il. XX, 154; Od. XXII, 325
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. sg., acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: metrical lengthening of the second member’s first vowel. Actual meaning influenced by the (prob. etym. not related) lexical family of ἄλγος ‘pain, grief’.