barrenness

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

desolation: P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.

of females: P. ἀφορία, ἡ, ὀλιγογονία, ἡ, V. ἀκαρπία, ἡ.

childlessness: P. and V. ἀπαιδία, ἡ, ἀτεκνία, ἡ.

cursed with barrenness (of land: V. ἀκάρπως ἐφθαρμένος (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 254).

uselessness: P. ἀχρηστία. ἡ.