hapless
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (Eur., Heraclidae 460, but rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος, δύσμορος (also Antigone but rare P.), V. ἄμοιρος, (also Plato but rare P.), ἄμμορος, ἄνολβος.
unhappy: P. and V. ταλαίπωρος, ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, Ar. and V. τλήμων, τάλας, σχέτλιος, δύστηνος, V. δάϊος, δυστάλας; see miserable.
