desperate
From LSJ
ἅπαντι δαίμων ἀνδρὶ συμπαρίσταται εὐθὺς γενομένῳ μυσταγωγὸς τοῦ βίου → a spirit assists every man from birth to be the leader of his life
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
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, subs.: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl. (rare P.).
Desperate remedies: P. διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα (Isoc.).
