barrenness
From LSJ
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
desolation: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.
of females: P. ἀφορία, ἡ, ὀλιγογονία, ἡ, V. ἀκαρπία, ἡ.
childlessness: P. and V. ἀπαιδία, ἡ, ἀτεκνία, ἡ.
cursed with barrenness (of land: V. ἀκάρπως ἐφθαρμένος (Soph., Oedipus Rex 254).
uselessness: P. ἀχρηστία. ἡ.
