Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μοχθηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μοχθηρός μοχθηρή μοχθηρόν

Structure: μοχθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: voc. mo/xqhre, not moxqhre/

Sense

  1. suffering hardship, in sore distress, miserable, wretched, hardships
  2. in a bad state, in sorry plight, worthless, a, plight
  3. wicked, knavish, rascally

Examples

  • πότερον τοὺσ ἰσχυροτέρουσ κρείττουσ καλεῖσ καὶ δεῖ ἀκροᾶσθαι τοῦ ἰσχυροτέρου τοὺσ ἀσθενεστέρουσ, οἱο͂́ν μοι δοκεῖσ καὶ τότε ἐνδείκνυσθαι, ὡσ αἱ μεγάλαι πόλεισ ἐπὶ τὰσ σμικρὰσ κατὰ τὸ φύσει δίκαιον ἔρχονται, ὅτι κρείττουσ εἰσὶν καὶ ἰσχυρότεραι, ὡσ τὸ κρεῖττον καὶ τὸ ἰσχυρότερον καὶ βέλτιον ταὐτὸν ὄν, ἢ ἔστι βελτίω μὲν εἶναι, ἥττω δὲ καὶ ἀσθενέστερον, καὶ κρείττω μὲν εἶναι, μοχθηρότερον δέ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 252:2)
  • ἀναγκαῖον ἄρα τὸν ἄδικον βίον οὐ μόνον αἰσχίω καὶ μοχθηρότερον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀηδέστερον τῇ ἀληθείᾳ τοῦ δικαίου τε εἶναι καὶ ὁσίου βίου. (Plato, Laws, book 2 68:2)
  • ἢ γὰρ βελτίονα ἢ μοχθηρότερον ἧττον ἐξηργάσατο τὸν τὴν δίκην παρασχόντα. (Plato, Laws, book 9 11:4)

Synonyms

  1. suffering hardship

Related

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

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