desperate

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adj.

Hopeless: P. ἀνέλπιστος.

Impossible to deal with: P. and V. ἄπορος, V. ἀμήχανος (rare P.).

Of persons: P. ἀπονενοημένος; see despairing.

Precarious: P. ἐπικίνδυνος, ἐπισφαλής.

Incurable: P. and V. ἀνήκεστος, V. δύσκηλος; see incurable.

Fierce, obstinale: P. ἰσχυρός.

Be in desperate straits, v.: P. ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι.

Desperate straits, subs.: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl. (rare P.).

Desperate remedies: P. διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα (Isoc.).