backward

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

dull, slow: P. and V. σκαιός, νωθής, ἀμαθής, ἀφυής, P. βλακικός, see dull.

not eager: P. ἀπρόθυμος, ὀκνηρρός.

I am backward in the customs of the Greeks: V. λέλειμμαι τῶν ἐν Ἕλλησιν νόμων (Eur., Helen 1246).