δύσκολος, δύσκολόν (κόλον, food); 1. properly, hard to find agreeable food for, fastidious about food. 2. difficult to please, always finding fault; (Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others). 3. universally, difficult (Xenophon, oec. 15, 10 ἡ γεωργία δύσκολος ἐστι μαθεῖν): πῶς δύσκολόν ἐστι, followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Mar_10:24.

δύσκολος dyskolos 1x pr. peevish about food; hard to please, disagreeable; in NT, difficult, Mar_10:24

δύσκολος , -ον ( < κόλον , food ), [in LXX for H343 , Jer_29:9 ( Jer_49:8 ) (of. δυσκολία , Job_34:30 ; εὔκολος , 2Sa_15:3 ) * ;] 1. properly, of persons, hard to satisfy with food, hence, generally, hard to please ( Eur ., Plat .). 2. Of things, difficult, hard ( Arist .): Mar_10:24 .†

δύσκολος [page 173] In a letter to a father from his son, P Oxy IX. 1218 .5 (iii/A.D.), giving him some domestic news, the phrase occurs οὐδὲν δύσκολον ἔνι ἐπὶ τῆς οἰκίας σου , which the editors render, there is nothing unpleasant at your house. For the ordinary meaning difficult we may cite the important Calendar inscription from Priene, OGIS 458 .16 ( c. B.C. 9) ἐπειδὴ δύσκολον μέν ἐστιν τοῖς τοσούτοις αὐτοῦ εὐεργετήμασιν κατ᾽ ἴσον ε [ὐχαρισ ] τεῖν . Add ib. 339 .54 ( c. B.C. 120) ἐν καιροῖς δυσκόλοις , and Syll 213 .33 (iii/B.C.) περιστάντων τεῖ πόλει καιρῶν δυσκόλων , which the editor refers to the war waged between Demetrius and the Aetolians. For the adverb we may cite P Oxy X. 1294 .10 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐὰν δὲ σὺ ] μ̣ὴ̣ δυνηθῇς ἀνοῖξαι τὸ πανάριον , δυσκό [λως γὰρ ἀνοί ]γεται , δὸς τῷ κλειδοποιῷ καὶ ἀνοίξει σοι , if you cannot open the basket yourself, for it opens with difficulty, give it to the key-maker, and he will open it for you (Edd.). MGr has δυσκολία , and δυσκολεύω , make difficult.

δύσκολος δύσ-κολος, ον [Etym: opp. to εὔκολος] [Etym: Deriv. of -κολος uncertain.] of persons, properly, "hard to satisfy with food;" then, generally, "hard to please, discontented, fretful, peevish", Eur. , Ar. , etc.:—adv., δυσκόλως ἔχειν, διακεῖσθαι "to be peevish", Plat. of things, "troublesome, harassing", id=Plat. ; generally, "unpleasant", Dem. :— δύσκολόν ἐστι it is "difficult", NTest. :—adv. -λως, "hardly, with difficulty", id=NTest.

δύσκολος, -ον (κόλον, food), [in LXX for אֵיד, Jer.29:9 (Jer.49:8) (of. δυσκολία, Job.34:30; εὔκολος, 2Ki.15:3) * ;] __1. properly, of persons, hard to satisfy with food, hence, generally, hard to please (Eur., Plat.). __2. Of things, difficult, hard (Arist.): Mrk.10:24.† (AS)