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θαρσεῖν χρὴ φίλε Βάττε: τάχ' αὔριον ἔσσετ' ἄμεινον → you need to be brave, dear Battus; perhaps tomorrow will be better | Take heart, dear Battos! Tomorrow will be better.

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<b class="b2">Hopeless</b>: P. [[ἀνέλπιστος]].
[[hopeless]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀνέλπιστος]].


<b class="b2">Impossible to deal with</b>: P. and V. [[ἄπορος]], V. [[ἀμήχανος]] (rare P.).
[[impossible to deal with]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄπορος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμήχανος]] (rare [[prose|P.]]).


Of persons: P. ἀπονενοημένος; see [[despairing]].
Of persons: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπονενοημένος]]; see [[despairing]].


<b class="b2">Precarious</b>: P. [[ἐπικίνδυνος]], [[ἐπισφαλής]].
[[precarious]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπικίνδυνος]], [[ἐπισφαλής]].


<b class="b2">Incurable</b>: P. and V. [[ἀνήκεστος]], V. [[δύσκηλος]]; see [[incurable]].
[[incurable]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνήκεστος]], [[verse|V.]] [[δύσκηλος]]; see [[incurable]].


<b class="b2">Fierce, obstinale</b>: P. [[ἰσχυρός]].
[[fierce]], [[obstinale]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἰσχυρός]].


<b class="b2">Be in desperate straits</b>, v.: P. ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι.
[[be in desperate straits]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι]].


<b class="b2">Desperate straits</b>, subs.: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl. (rare P.).
[[desperate straits]], '''substantive''': [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄπορον]], τό, or pl., [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμήχανον]], τό, or pl. (rare [[prose|P.]]).


<b class="b2">Desperate remedies</b>: P. διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα (Isoc.).
[[desperate remedies]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα]] ([[Isocrates]]).
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adjective

hopeless: P. ἀνέλπιστος.

impossible to deal with: P. and V. ἄπορος, V. ἀμήχανος (rare P.).

Of persons: P. ἀπονενοημένος; see despairing.

precarious: P. ἐπικίνδυνος, ἐπισφαλής.

incurable: P. and V. ἀνήκεστος, V. δύσκηλος; see incurable.

fierce, obstinale: P. ἰσχυρός.

be in desperate straits, v.: P. ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι.

desperate straits, substantive: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl. (rare P.).

desperate remedies: P. διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα (Isocrates).

Latin > English

desperate ADV :: desperately, hopelessly; tremendously, very

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēspērātē:
I adv., hopelessly, etc., v. despero, P. a., no. 2. fin.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēspērātē, c. desperanter : Aug. Ep. 56, 2 || desperatius Aug. Conf. 6, 15 ; Cassian. Coll. 4, 20.

Latin > German (Georges)

dēspērātē, Adv. m. Compar. (desperatus), hoffnungslos, vel securus vel certe non d. sollicitus, Augustin. epist. 56, 2: vulnus quasi frigidius, sed desperatius dolebat, Augustin. conf. 6, 15: desperatius aegrotare, Cassian. coll. 4, 20 extr.