ἄθλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀθλία, ἄθλιον, also ἄθλιος, ἄθλιον E.Alc.1038, etc., Att. contr. from [[ἀέθλιος]]: ([[ἄεθλον]], [[ἆθλον]]):—lit.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[winning the prize]] or [[running for the prize]] (this sense only in Ep. form [[ἀέθλιος]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[struggling]], [[unhappy]], [[wretched]], [[miserable]] (this sense only in Att. form [[ἄθλιος]]), freq. of persons, A.Th.922, etc.: Comp. [[ἀθλιώτερος]] S.OT815,1204: Sup. [[ἀθλιώτατος]] E.Ph.1679:—also of states of life, ἄθλιοι γάμοι A.Th.779; [[βίος]], [[τύχη]], E.Heracl.878, Hec.425:—of that [[which]] [[cause]]s [[wretchedness]], ἆρ' ἄθλιον τοὔνειδος; S.OC753, cf. El.1140; [[πρόσοψις]] E.Or.952. Adv., τὸν [[ἀθλίως]] θανόντα S.Ant.26, cf. E.HF707, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in moral sense, [[pitiful]], [[wretched]], Lys.32.13, D.10.43; τίς οὕτως ἄθλιος ὅστις . .; Id.21.66; καὶ γὰρ ἂν ἄ. ἦν, εἰ . . ib.191.<br><span class="bld">3</span> without any moral sense, [[wretched]], [[sorry]], θηρσὶν ἄθλιον βοράν E.Ph.1603; ἄθλιος [[ζωγράφος]] Plu.2.6f. Adv. [[ἀθλίως]] καὶ [[κακῶς]] = with [[wretched]] [[success]], D.18.145; [[ζῆν]] [[ἀθλίως]] Philem.203.