οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
awkward: P. and V. ἀμήχανος, ἄπορος.
disobedient: P. ἀπειθής (also used of a ship, Thuc. 2, 84); see unruly, restive.