hapless
From LSJ
νέῳ δὲ σιγᾶν μᾶλλον ἢ λαλεῖν πρέπει → it's fitting for a young man to keep silence rather than to speak (Menander)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. and V. δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (Eur., Heracl. 460, but rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος, δύσμορος (also Ant. but rare P.), V. ἄμοιρος, (also Plat. but rare P.), ἄμμορος, ἄνολβος. Unhappy: P. and V. ταλαίπωρος, ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, Ar. and V. τλήμων, τάλας, σχέτλιος, δύστηνος, V. δάϊος, δυστάλας; see miserable.
