unexpected

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

P. and V. ἀπροσδόκητος, ἀδόκητος (Euripides, Hercules Furens 92), ἀνέλπιστος, Ar. and V. ἄελπτος, V. ποταίνιος, ἀφρόντιστος (Aesch., Agamemnon 1377).

paradoxical: P. παράδοξος.

sudden: Ar. and P. αἰφνίδιος, P. ἐξαιφνίδιος, V. ἀφνίδιος, ἐπίσσυτος, πρόσπαιος.

from causes unexpected and unforeseen: V. ἐξ ἀέλπτων κἀπρομηθήτων (Aesch., Supplices 357).