ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες → hope is for the living, while the dead despair
worthless, cheap: P. and V. εὐτελής, φαῦλος.
useless: P. and V. ἄχρηστος, ἀχρεῖος; see useless.
worth nothing: P. οὐδένος ἄξιος.