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ἄθλιος

ἄθλιος, ἄθλιος α ον, pathetic, miserable, wretched (adjective)

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ἀθλίοιν masculine genitive dual, masculine dative dual, feminine genitive dual, feminine dative dual, neuter genitive dual, neuter dative dual of ἄθλιος

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

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