Ἀπόγνοια

despair

Translated by David Whitehead8 Oct 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Meaning] desperation.¹
Thucydides [writes]: "they burned the boats, so that despair would leave them no option but to gain control of the land".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπόγνοια· ἀπόγνωσις. Θουκυδίδης· ἐνέπρησαν δὲ τὰ πλοῖα, ὅπως ἀπόγνοια ᾖ τοῦ ἄλλο τι ἢ κρατεῖν τῆς γῆς.

Ἀπόγνοια · despair (α 3269) · Suda

*)apo/gnoia: a)po/gnwsis. *qoukudi/dhs: e)ne/prhsan de\ ta\ ploi=a, o(/pws a)po/gnoia h)=| tou= a)/llo ti h)\ kratei=n th=s gh=s.