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Straits

  • 1 Strait

    subs.
    Narrow sea passage: P. and V. στενόν, τό, πορθμός, ὁ, πόρος, ὁ, V. γνάθος, ἡ, στενωπός, ἡ, αὐλών, ὁ, δίαυλος, ὁ.
    They shall inhabit the plans that front the straight between two continents: V. ἀντίπορθμα δʼ ἠπείροιν δυοῖν πέδια κατοικήσουσι (Eur., Ion, 1585).
    Straits, difficulties: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ, ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl., P. τὰ δυσχερῆ; see also misfortune.
    Be in straits, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).
    Into what straits of necessity have we fallen: V. εἰς οἷʼ ἀνάγκης ζεύγματʼ ἐμπεπτώκαμεν (Eur., I. A. 443).
    The maintenance of his mercenaries will land him in great straits: P. εἰς στενὸν κομιδῆ τὰ τῆς τροφῆς τοῖς ξένοις αὐτῷ κακαστήσεται (Dem. I5).
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    adj.
    Narrow: P. and V. στενός, V. στενόπορος.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Strait

  • 2 Desperate

    adj.
    Hopeless: P. ἀνέλπιστος.
    Impossible to deal with: P. and V. ἄπορος, V. ἀμήχανος (rare P.).
    Of persons: P. ἀπονενοημένος; see Despairing.
    Precarious: P. ἐπικίνδυνος, ἐπισφαλής.
    Incurable: P. and V. ἀνήκεστος, V. δύσκηλος; see Incurable.
    Fierce, obstinale: P. ἰσχυρός.
    Be in desperate straits, v.: P. ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι.
    Desperate straits, subs.: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl. (rare P.).
    Desperate remedies: P. διακεκινδυνευμένα φάρμακα (Isoc.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Desperate

  • 3 strait

    [streit]
    1) ((often in plural) a narrow strip of sea between two pieces of land: the straits of Gibraltar; the Bering Strait.) πορθμός,στενό/-ά
    2) ((in plural) difficulty; (financial) need.) στρίμωγμα,στενοχώριες
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    - strait-laced

    English-Greek dictionary > strait

  • 4 Difficulty

    subs.
    P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
    Of ground: P. χαλεπότης, ἡ.
    Difficulties: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμηχάνον, τό, or pl., P. τὰ δυσχερῆ; see Straits (Strait).
    This is my difficulty: V. κεῖνό μοι... πρόσαντες (Eur., Or. 790).
    Consider his difficulties your opportunities: P. τὴν ἀκαιρίαν τὴν ἐκείνου καιρὸν ὑμέτερον νομίζειν (Dem. 16).
    Be in difficulties, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.), P. ἀπόρως, διακεῖσθαι.
    With difficulty, adv.: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, ταλαιπώρως, P. ἐπιπόνως, V. δυσπετώς.
    Without difficulty: P. and V. ῥᾳδίως, V. ἀμοχθί, P. ἀκονιτί; see Easily.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Difficulty

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