τέχνη δὲ ἄνευ ἀλκῆς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ (Thucydides 2.87.4.6) → η τέχνη απαιτεί κουράγιο, skill without heart is useless
unprepared: P. ἀπαράσκευος.
off one's quard: P. and V. ἀφύλακτος, ἄφρακτος (Thuc.); see unprepared.
backward, hesitating: P. ἀπρόθυμος, ὀκνηρός.
