incapable

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

Ar. and P. ἀδύνατος.

without natural ability: P. and V. φαῦλος, ἀφυής; see incompetent.

be incapable of (doing a thing): V. ἀμήχανος εἶναι (with infin.).

moreover we are women incapable where good is concerned: V. πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν γυναῖκες ἐς μὲν ἐσθλ' ἀμηχανώτατοι (Euripides, Medea 406).