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μοχθηρός

mochtheros

suffering hardship, in sore distress, wretched

Appears 35 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μοχθηρός, ά, όν, also ός, όν E. Fr. 875: (μοχθέω):—A. suffering hardship, in sore distress, wretched, of persons, A. Th. 257; ὦ πόλλʼ ἐγὼ μ. S. Ph. 254; ὦ μόχθηρε σύ poor wretch! Ar. Ach. 165, Ra. 1175; ὦ μόχθηρε Pl. Phdr. 268e; of conditions, μοχθηρῆς ἐούσης τῆς ζόης Hdt. 7.46; μοχθηρὰ τλῆναι suffer hardships, A. Ch. 752. Adv., σῶμα μοχθηρῶς διακείμενον in a bad way, Pl. Grg. 504e; ζῆν μ. ib.505a; μ. ἔχειν Arist. Pol. 1254b1: Comp., μοχθηροτέρως ἔχειν Pl. R. 343e: Sup. -ότατα, διακείμενοι Id. Erx. 406. 2. in bad condition, βοῦς Ar. Eq. 316; ἱμάτιον Cratin. 207; μοχθηρότερα ἀποδιδόντες ἢ παρέλαβον τὰ ἱμάτια Pl. Men. 91e; καταλαβὼν μοχθηρὰ τὰ πράγματα finding trade in a bad state, D. 34.8; μ. ἐλπίδας ἔχειν Din. 1.107; μ. τραγῳδία Arist. Metaph. 1090b20; ὕδατα Id. Pr. 872a10; χρόα Id. HA 616b12; ἀγωγή PTeb. 24.57 (ii B. C.); of persons, inferior, μ. (v.l. πονηρ-) ἰατρός Antipho 4.2.4; also, of appearance, μοχθηρὸς τὴν ἰδέαν ugly, And. 1.100; of arguments, unsound, fallacious, S.E. P. 2.111; of persons, mistaken, Anon.Lond. 27.24: so in Adv. -ρῶς, κρίνομεν S.E. M. 7.210. II. most freq. of persons, in moral sense, knavish, rascally, Th. 8.73, etc.; ἐκ χρηστῶν καὶ γενναίων μοχθηροτάτους ἀπέδειξας Ar. Ra. 1011, cf. Pl. Men. 91e; τοὺς τρόπους μ. Ar. Pl. 1003; of acts, etc., μ. τι πράσσειν Trag.Adesp. 510; ὑφοψία μ. OGI 315.58 (Pessinus, ii B. C.); ῥῆμα μ. SIG 1175.5 (Piraeus, iv/iii B. C.); μοχθηρότερα λεγόντων X. HG 1.4.13 (v.l. -ότερον Adv. Comp.).—Some Gramm. write μόχθηρος, πόνηρος in signf. I, μοχθηρός, πονηρός in signf. II, Ammon. Diff.p.94 V., Arc. 71.16, but Hdn.Gr.1.197 (ap. Eust. 341.14) argues that like other Adjs. in -ρος these words ought to be oxyt. in both senses. In the voc. the best codd. always give μόχθηρε, Ar. Ach. 165,Ra. 1175, Pl. 391; cf. πονηρός.

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