ἄθλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1038</span>, etc., Att. contr. from [[ἀέθλιος]]: (ἄεθλον, ἆθλον):—lit. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[winning the prize]] or [[running for it]] (this sense only in Ep. form [[ἀέθλιος]], q.v.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[struggling]], [[unhappy]], [[wretched]], [[miserable]] (this sense only in Att. form [[ἄθλιος]]), freq. of persons, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>922</span>, etc.: Comp. -ιώτερος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>815</span>,<span class="bibl">1204</span>: Sup. -ιώτατος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1679</span>:—also of states of life, ἄ. γάμοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>779</span>; [[βίος]], [[τύχη]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>878</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>425</span>:—of that [[which causes wretchedness]], ἆρ' ἄθλιον τοὔνειδος <b class="b2">;</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>753</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>1140</span>; πρόσοψις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>952</span>. Adv., τὸν ἀθλίως θανόντα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>707</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, [[pitiful]], [[wretched]], <span class="bibl">Lys.32.13</span>, <span class="bibl">D.10.43</span>; <b class="b3">τίς οὕτως ἄ. ὅστις</b> . . <b class="b2">;</b> <span class="bibl">Id.21.66</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ γὰρ ἂν ἄ. ἦν, εἰ</b> . . ib.191. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> without any moral sense, [[wretched]], [[sorry]], θηρσὶν ἄθλιον βοράν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1603</span>; ἄ. ζωγράφος Plu.2.6f. Adv. <b class="b3">-ίως καὶ κακῶς</b> with [[wretched]] success, <span class="bibl">D.18.145</span>; ζῆν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Philem.203</span>.</span>