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[[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀδύνατος]].

[[without natural ability]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φαῦλος]], [[ἀφυής]]; see [[incompetent]].

[[be incapable of]] ([[do]]ing a [[thing]]): [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμήχανος εἶναι]] (with infin.).

[[moreover we are women incapable where good is concerned]]: [[verse|V.]] [[πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν γυναῖκες ἐς μὲν ἐσθλ' ἀμηχανώτατοι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Medea]]'' 406).
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