μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
adj.
P. and V. ἄθυμος (Xen.), V. δύσθυμος.
Hopeless: P. ἀνέλπιστος.
Helpless: P. and V. ἄπορος, V. ἀμήχανος (rare P.).
