troublesome
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. βαρύς, ὀχληρός, δυσχερής, λυπηρός, κακός, ἀνιαρός, ἐπαχθής, προσάντης (Plato), Ar. and P. χαλεπός, ἐπίπονος, P. πραγματώδης, V. ἀχθεινός (also Xen. but rare P.), ἐμβριθής (Sophocles, Fragment), πολύπονος, δυσπόνητος, λυπρός.
difficult to deal with: P. and V. ἄπορος.
