COMPOUND: δύστηνος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [Part+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘wretched, unhappy, unfortunate’
ETYMOLOGY: δυσ- ‘un-, mis-‘+ verbal root στη- (ἵστημι) ‘stand’ + adj. suf. -νος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. VI, 127; XVII, 445; XXI, 151; XXII, 59, 477; Od. I, 55; IV, 182; V, 436; VI, 206; VII, 223, 248; X, 281; XI, 76, 80, 93; XIII, 331; XVII, 10, 483, 501; XIX, 354; XX, 224; XXIV, 289.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., nom. f. (target gender) sg., gen. m. sg., acc. m. sg., voc. m. sg., gen. m. pl., dat. m. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: the first member is not a free word in Greek