Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
P. and V. ἀπορος, ἀμήχανος (rare P.), V. ἀμαυρός.
be helpless, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).
powerless, adj.: P. and V. ἀδύνατος; see also weak.
