wretched
τὸ κοῖλον τοῦ ποδὸς δεῖξαι → show the heels, show a clean pair of heels, show the hollow of the foot, run away
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
Unhappy: ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, ταλαίπωρος, δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος, δύσμορος (also Antipho. but rare), τάλας, τλήμων, σχέτλιος, δύστηνος, δείλαιος (rare P.), πανάθλιος. V. δάϊος, μέλεος, δυστάλας, παντάλας, παντλήμων, ἄμοιρος (also Plat. but rare P.), ἄμμορος, ἄνολβος, Ar. κακοδαίμων.
Dejected: P. and V. ἄθυμος (Xen.); see dejected.
Lamentable, distressing: P. and V. βαρύς, λυπηρός, ἀνιαρός, κακός, ἄθλιος, V. δύσφορος (also Xen. but rare P.), δύσοιστος, λυπρός, πολύστονος, πανδάκρυτος. εὐδάκρυτος, πάγκλαυτος, δυσθρήνητος; see also troublesome.
Wretched that I am: Ar. οἴμοι κακοδαίμων, οἴμοι δείλαιος.
Poor, mean: P. and V. φαῦλος, κακός, Ar. and P. μοχθηρός, πονηρός, V. δείλαιος.
