lost
From LSJ
ξένος ὢν ἀκολούθει τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις νόμοις → as a foreigner, follow the laws of that country | when in Rome, do as the Romans do
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
Of persons, abandoned: P. ἀπονενοημένος.
it is labour lost to: V. πόνος περισσός ἐστι (infin.) (Sophocles Antigone 780).
lost in, absorbed in: P. ὅλος πρός (dat.), V. ἀνειμένος εἰς (acc.).