plight
From LSJ
Τῶν γὰρ πενήτων εἰσὶν οἱ λόγοι κενοί → Haud pondus ullum pauperum verbis inest → Denn der Armen Worte haben kein Gewicht
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
fortune: P. and V. τύχη, ἡ, συμφορά, ἡ.
our present plight: P. and V. τὰ νῦν πράγματα.
too clearly I understand our present plight: V. φρονῶ δὴ συμφορᾶς ἵν' ἕσταμεν (Sophocles, Trachiniae 1145).
be in evil plight: P. and V. κακῶς ἔχειν, Ar. and P. ἀθλίως διακεῖσθαι.
verb transitive
See pledge.
plighted word, subs.: P. and V. πίστις, ἡ.
