ἄθλιος

athlios

winning the prize

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 9
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Book I 6
Chapter 9 1099b9–1100a9

1100a9

Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21

1100a29
1100b5
1100b34
1101a6

Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10

1102b7
Book VII 2
Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28

1150b5
1150b5
Book IX 1
Chapter 4 1166a1–1166b29

1166b27

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄθλιος, α, ον, also ος, ον E. Alc. 1038, etc., Att. contr. from ἀέθλιος: (ἄεθλον, ἆθλον):—lit. A. 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. 2.6f. Adv. -ίως καὶ κακῶς with wretched success, D. 18.145; ζῆν ἀ. Philem. 203.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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