unpropitious
From LSJ
τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ πραγματεία → knowledge is the object of our inquiry, the aim of our investigation is knowledge
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
unfavourable: P. and V. δύσνους, δυσμενής, V. ἀνάρσιος, Ar. and V. παλίγκοτος; see hostile.
inauspicious (of omens, etc.): P. and V. κακός, δυστυχής, δύσφημος, V. κακόγλωσσος, σκαιός, εὐώνυμος (Aesch., P.V. 490); see inauspicious.
the omens were unpropitious: P. οὐκ ἐκαλλιερεῖτο (Xen.).
unsuitable: P. ἀνεπιτήδειος; see unsuitable.
