ὀλίγοι τινὲς ὧν ἐντετύχηκα → a very few whom I've met
unprepared: P. ἀπαράσκευος.
off one's quard: P. and V. ἀφύλακτος, ἄφρακτος (Thuc.); see unprepared.
backward, hesitating: P. ἀπρόθυμος, ὀκνηρός.
