δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
P. and V. οἰκτρός, ἄθλιος, ταλαίπωρος, Ar. and V. τάλας, V. δυστάλας: see miserable.
mournful (of things): P. and V. ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, ταλαίπωρος, V. πολύστονος, δύσοιστος, πένθιμος.
helpless: P. and V. ἄπορος, ἀμήχανος (rare P.).
