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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓θλιος ἀθλίᾱ ά̓θλιον
Genitive ἀθλίου ἀθλίᾱς ἀθλίου
Dative ἀθλίῳ ἀθλίᾱͅ ἀθλίῳ
Accusative ά̓θλιον ἀθλίᾱν ά̓θλιον
Vocative ά̓θλιε ἀθλίᾱ ά̓θλιον
DualN/A/V ἀθλίω ἀθλίᾱ ἀθλίω
G/D ἀθλίοιν ἀθλίαιν ἀθλίοιν
PluralNominative ά̓θλιοι ά̓θλιαι ά̓θλια
Genitive ἀθλίων ἀθλιῶν ἀθλίων
Dative ἀθλίοις ἀθλίαις ἀθλίοις
Accusative ἀθλίους ἀθλίᾱς ά̓θλια
Vocative ά̓θλιοι ά̓θλιαι ά̓θλια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓θλιος ἀθλίου ἀθλιώτερος ἀθλιωτέρου ἀθλιώτατος ἀθλιωτάτου
Adverb ἀθλίως ἀθλιώτερον ἀθλιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅτι ὑπ’ ἀγνοίασ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, καὶ σὺ τὰ ὅμοια τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ἐξηπάτησαι περὶ τῶν πλουσίων οἱ δ’ εὖ ἴσθι πολὺ ὑμῶν ἀθλιώτερον τὸν βίον βιοῦσι· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 15:1)
  • οὐκ ἄν τιν’ εὑρ́οιτ’ ἄλλον ἀθλιώτερον. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, lyric2)
  • ἀλλά με ἴδοισ, ὦ Βακχί, ἀθλιώτερον διάγουσαν ἢ νῦν ἔχω, εἴ τινα ἐγὼ ναύκληρον Ἑρμότιμον οἶδα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:2)
  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ὥσπερ ἤδη νικῶντα κακοδαιμονίᾳ τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀθλιώτατον ζῴων ἀνηγορευμένον αὐτὸν αὑτῷ συγκρίνωμεν, εἰσ ἰδίων κακῶν ἀγῶνα σῶμα καὶ ψυχὴν διαιροῦντεσ, οὐκ ἀχρήστωσ ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ δεόντωσ, ἵνα μάθωμεν πότερον διὰ τὴν τύχην ἢ δι’ ἑαυτοὺσ ἀθλιώτερον ζῶμεν. (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 1 1:1)
  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ὥσπερ ἤδη νικῶντα κακοδαιμονίᾳ τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀθλιώτατον ζῴων ἀνηγορευμένον, αὐτὸν αὑτῷ συγκρίνωμεν, εἰσ ἰδίων κακῶν ἀγῶνα σῶμα καὶ ψυχὴν διαιροῦντεσ οὐκ ἀχρήστωσ ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ δεόντωσ, ἵνα μάθωμεν πότερον διὰ τὴν τύχην ἢ δι’ ἑαυτοὺσ ἀθλιώτερον ζῶμεν. (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 1 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. struggling

  2. pitiful

  3. wretched

Related

Similar forms

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

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