barren

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

desolate: P. and V. ἐρῆμος.

bare of trees: P. ψιλός.

of land: P. and V. ἄκαρπος.

of females: P. and V. ἄτοκος (Plato). V. ἄτεκνος, ἄγονος (also Plato, Met.), ἀκύμων, χέρσος, στεῖρος, Ar. and P. στέριφος (Plato).

childless: P. and V. ἄπαις.

make barren, verb transitive: P. and V. ἐξαμβλοῦν.

vain, barren of result: P. ἄπρακτος, P. and V. ἀνήνυτος.

empty: P. and V. μάταιος, κενός; see vain.

barren of: P. and V. ἐρῆμος (gen.). κενός (gen.).

his pyre is barren of honours: V. πυρὰ δὲ χέρσος ἀγλαϊσμάτων (Euripides, Electra 325).