lack
From LSJ
ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων → as different as chalk from cheese, different as chalk from cheese, apples and oranges, like apples and oranges, by as much as cardamom is different from figs
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. σπάνις, ἡ, ἀπορία, ἡ, ἐρημία, ἡ, P. ἔνδεια, ἡ, V. ἀχηνία, ἡ. Need: P. and V. χρεία, ἡ. v. trans. P. and V. σπανίζειν (gen.) (also pass. in V.), ἀπορεῖν (gen.), P. ἐνδεῖν (or mid.) (gen.), V. πένεσθαι (gen.); see want. Be deficient in: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.). V. intrans. Be lacking, fall short: P. and V. ἐκλείπειν, ἐλλείπειν, V. λείπειν, Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.
