Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄθλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄθλιος

Structure: ἀθλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: attic contr. of epic a)e/qlios, see also a)/eqlon, a)=qlon

Sense

  1. gaining the prize, running for it, race-, of discord
  2. struggling, wretched, miserable, miserably
  3. pitiful, wretched
  4. wretched, sorry, wretched

Examples

  • ἔχει γοῦν ἤδη τὸ ξίφοσ, τὼ δ’ ἀθλίω καθῆσθον γελῶντε, μηδὲν τῶν μελλόντων εἰδότε, καὶ ταῦτα ὁρῶντε τὸ ξίφοσ ἐν ταῖν χεροῖν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 31:3)
  • φέρετε, κομίζετ’ ἀθλίῳ κόσμον νεκρῷ ἐκ τῶν παρόντων· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 3:15)
  • χωρεῖτε, θάπτετ’ ἀθλίῳ τύμβῳ νεκρόν· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic3)
  • ἀλλ’ ὦ πόνηρα κώρι’ ἀθλίω πατρόσ, ἄμβατε ποττὰν μᾶδδαν, αἴ χ’ εὑρ́ητέ πᾶ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode8)
  • ὦ τέκν’, ὁμαρτεῖτ’ ἀθλίῳ μητρὸσ ποδὶ πατρῷον ἐσ μέλαθρον, οὗ τῆσ οὐσίασ ἄλλοι κρατοῦσι, τὸ δ’ ὄνομ’ ἔσθ’ ἡμῶν ἔτι. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 5:15)

Synonyms

  1. struggling

  2. pitiful

  3. wretched

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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