machtlos

From LSJ

ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)

Source

German > Latin

machtlos, impotens (ohne ausübende Macht). – infirmus opibus (schwach, hinsichtlich der Mittel u. Kräfte).