plight

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

V. πρᾶξις, ἡ.

fortune: P. and V. τύχη, ἡ, συμφορά, ἡ.

our present plight: P. and V. τὰ νῦν πράγματα.

too clearly I understand our present plight: V. φρονῶ δὴ συμφορᾶς ἵν' ἕσταμεν (Sophocles, Trachiniae 1145).

be in evil plight: P. and V. κακῶς ἔχειν, Ar. and P. ἀθλίως διακεῖσθαι.

verb transitive

See pledge.

plighted word, subs.: P. and V. πίστις, ἡ.