incapable
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
without natural ability: P. and V. φαῦλος, ἀφυής; see incompetent.
be incapable of (doing a thing): V. ἀμήχανος εἶναι (with infin.).
moreover we are women incapable where good is concerned: V. πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν γυναῖκες ἐς μὲν ἐσθλ' ἀμηχανώτατοι (Euripides, Medea 406).
