δύσποτμος
Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) → Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.
English (LSJ)
ον,
A unlucky, ill-starred, of persons and things, δ. θεός, of Prometheus, A. Pr.119; δ. βοῦς, of Io, Id.Supp.306; δ. εὐχαί, i.e. curses, Id.Th.820; χλιδά S.OT888 (lyr.); θήρα E.Ba.1144, cf. Ar.Ach.419; τύχαι D.H. 1.17: Comp. -ώτερος E.Ph.1348: Sup. -ότατος Plu.Comp.Per.Fab. 1. Adv. -μως A.Pers.272 (lyr.): Sup. -ότατα Plu.Fab.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 687] dem ein schlimmes Loos gefallen, unglücklich; Aesch. Prom. 119 u. öfter; Soph. Phil. 1105; χλιδή O. R. 886; öfter Eur.; Ar Ach. 394; D. Hal. 1, 17. – Adv., δυσπότμως, Aesch. Pers. 264; δυσποτμώτατα, Plut. Fab. 18.
