barrenness
From LSJ
τὸ τῆς πάλαι ποτε φύσεως ξύντροφον → the congenital property of nature
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 (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 254).
uselessness: P. ἀχρηστία. ἡ.
