vexatious
From LSJ
Τί κοινότατον; ἐλπίς. καὶ γὰρ οἷς ἄλλο μηδέν, αὕτη πάρεστι → What is most common? Hope. For those who have nothing else, that is always there.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. βαρύς, ὀχληρός, δυσχερής, λυπηρός, ἀνιαρός, κακός, ἐπαχθής, προσάντης (Plato), Ar. and P. χαλεπός, ἐπίπονος, P. πραγματώδης, V. ἀχθεινός (also Xen. but rare P.), ἐμβριθής (Sophocles, Fragment), παλύπονος, δυσπόνητος, λυπρός, δύσφορος (also Xen. but rare P.).
things vexatious to the spirit: V. καρδίας δηκτήρια (Euripides, Hecuba 235).
