ἀπόγνωσις
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ,
A = ἀπόγνοια, τοῦ βίου D.H.1.81, Aret.SA 2.2; πραγμάτων Luc.Somn.17; ἐλπίδος Ph.2.300: abs., Aristaenet. 1.13.
II rejection, φίλου Iamb.VP22.102.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
1 desesperación c. gen. obj. ἐν ἀ. βίου κεῖσθαι encontrarse sin esperanza de salvar la vida D.H.1.81, cf. Aret.SA 2.2.17, ἀ. πραγμάτων falta de esperanza en la situación Luc.Somn.17, Aesop.116.1, 2, 3, ἐλπίδος Ph.2.300, σωτηρίας Ph.2.528, D.C.40.39.2, cf. 40.9.1, 54.11.4, τῶν ἐπιτηδείων Ph.2.111, τῶν ἄκρων desengaño de (alcanzar) las cimas Arr.Epict.1.2.37
•abs. situación desesperada Aristaenet.1.13.45, cf. Hierocl.Facet.248, Hsch., de errores, Nil.M.79.288B, cf. Chrys.M.61.73.
2 c. gen. obj. acción de rechazar, abandono φίλου Iambl.VP 102.
German (Pape)
[Seite 298] ἡ, = ἀπόγνοια, πραγμάτων Luc. Somn. 17; ἐσχάτη Merc. cond. 6; βίου, Entschluß, sich das Leben zu nehmen, Dion. Hal. 1, 81; Plut.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
désespoir.
Étymologie: ἀπογιγνώσκω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπόγνωσις: -εως, ἡ, = ἀπόγνοια, ἀπελπισμός, τοῦ βίου Διον. Ἁλ. 1. 81, Ἀρετ. π. Αἰτ. Ὀξ. Παθ. 2. 2, Λουκ. Ἐνύπν. 17.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀπόγνωσις: εως ἡ Plut., Luc. = ἀπόγνοια.
Translations
despair
Arabic: يَأْس; Aragonese: desaspero; Armenian: հուսահատություն; Basque: etsipen; Belarusian: роспач; Bulgarian: отчаяние; Catalan: desesperació; Chinese Mandarin: 絕望; Czech: zoufalství; Danish: opgivelse; Dutch: wanhoop; Esperanto: malespero; Finnish: epätoivo; French: désespoir; Georgian: უიმედობა, სასოწარკვეთილება; German: Verzweiflung, Hoffnungslosigkeit; Greek: απελπισία; Ancient Greek: ἀνελπιστία, ἀπελπισμός, ἀπελπιστία, ἀπόγνοια, δυσελπιστία, δυσθυμία, τὸ ἀνέλπιστον; Hebrew: יֵאוּשׁ \ ייאוש; Hindi: निराशा, मायूसी; Hungarian: kétségbeesés, csüggedés; Ido: desespero; Indonesian: putus asa; Irish: éadóchas; Italian: disperazione; Japanese: 絶望, 失望; Korean: 절망(絶望); Latin: desperatio; Lithuanian: neviltis; Macedonian: очај; Maori: rāwakiwaki, takaruretanga; Norwegian: desperasjon, håplosighet; Old English: ormōdnes; Persian: نومیدی; Polish: rozpacz, beznadzieja; Portuguese: desespero; Romanian: desperare; Russian: отчаяние, безнадёжность, тлен; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: бѐзна̄ђе, очајање; Roman: bèznāđe, očajánje; Slovak: zúfalstvo; Slovene: obup; Spanish: desesperación, desesperanza, desespero; Swedish: desperation, förtvivlan, hopplöshet; Tagalog: kawalang-pag-asa; Tajik: ноумедӣ; Telugu: నిరాశ; Tocharian B: silñe; Turkish: umutsuzluk; Ukrainian: ві́дчай, відчай, розпач, розпука; West Frisian: wanhope; Yiddish: ייִאוש
