plight
From LSJ
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
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 (Soph., 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.
