desperate
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
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, substantive: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl. (rare P.).
desperate remedies: P. διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα (Isocrates).
Latin > English
desperate ADV :: desperately, hopelessly; tremendously, very
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēspērātē:
I adv., hopelessly, etc., v. despero, P. a., no. 2. fin.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēspērātē, c. desperanter : Aug. Ep. 56, 2 || desperatius Aug. Conf. 6, 15 ; Cassian. Coll. 4, 20.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēspērātē, Adv. m. Compar. (desperatus), hoffnungslos, vel securus vel certe non d. sollicitus, Augustin. epist. 56, 2: vulnus quasi frigidius, sed desperatius dolebat, Augustin. conf. 6, 15: desperatius aegrotare, Cassian. coll. 4, 20 extr.
