ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
adj.
P. and V. οἰκτρός, δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἄθλιος, ταλαίπωρος. P. ἐλεεινός, Ar. and V. ἐλεινός, V. ἔποικτος, ἐπαίκτιστος; see also miserable.
