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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

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ πάντων οἴκτιστον, ὁ μὲν οὐκ εἰδὼσ τὰ γεγενημένα προσέρχεται τῷ φίλῳ φαιδρὸσ ἅτε μηδὲν ἑαυτῷ φαῦλον συνεπιστάμενοσ καὶ τὰ συνήθη λέγει καὶ ποιεῖ, παντὶ τρόπῳ ὁ ἄθλιοσ ἐνηδρευμένοσ· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 23:1)
  • ἀτὰρ καὶ οὗτοσ αὐτὸσ ὑπὸ τοῦ παρεστῶτοσ οἰκέτου Μαιανδρίου προδοθεὶσ Ὀροίτῃ τῷ σατράπῃ ἀνασκολοπισθήσεται, ἅθλιοσ ἐκπεσὼν τῆσ εὐδαιμονίασ ἐν ἀκαρεῖ τοῦ χρόνου· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 14:5)
  • ἢ τί γὰρ οὐκ ἂν ποιήσειεν ἐκεῖνοσ ὁ τὴν οἰκίαν σπουδῇ οἰκοδομούμενοσ καὶ τοὺσ ἐργάτασ ἐπισπέρχων, εἰ μάθοι ὅτι ἡ μὲν ἕξει τέλοσ αὐτῷ, ὁ δὲ ἄρτι ἐπιθεὶσ τὸν ὄροφον ἄπεισι τῷ κληρονόμῳ καταλιπὼν ἀπολαύειν αὐτῆσ, αὐτὸσ μηδὲ δειπνήσασ ἅθλιοσ ^ ἐν αὐτῇ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 17:6)
  • παρεπέμπετο δὲ ὅμωσ ὑπὸ πολλῶν καὶ ἐνεφορεῖτο τῆσ δόξησ ἀποβλέπων ἐσ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν θαυμαζόντων, οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁ ἄθλιοσ ὅτι καὶ τοῖσ ἐπὶ τὸν σταυρὸν ἀπαγομένοισ ἢ ὑπὸ τοῦ δημίου ἐχομένοισ πολλῷ πλείουσ ἕπονται. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 14:3)
  • ’ Πάνυ γοῦν ὃν φὴσ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον ὤνησαν οἱ περὶ ἐμοῦ λόγοι, ὃσ παραδοθεὶσ τοῖσ ἕνδεκα καὶ εἰσ τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἐμπεσὼν ἔπιεν ἄθλιοσ τοῦ κωνείου, μηδὲ τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνα τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ ἀποδεδωκώσ· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 5:4)

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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