desperate

From LSJ

ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adjective

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, substantive: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl. (rare P.).

desperate remedies: P. διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα (Isocrates).

Latin > English

desperate ADV :: desperately, hopelessly; tremendously, very

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēspērātē:
I adv., hopelessly, etc., v. despero, P. a., no. 2. fin.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēspērātē, c. desperanter : Aug. Ep. 56, 2 || desperatius Aug. Conf. 6, 15 ; Cassian. Coll. 4, 20.

Latin > German (Georges)

dēspērātē, Adv. m. Compar. (desperatus), hoffnungslos, vel securus vel certe non d. sollicitus, Augustin. epist. 56, 2: vulnus quasi frigidius, sed desperatius dolebat, Augustin. conf. 6, 15: desperatius aegrotare, Cassian. coll. 4, 20 extr.