ἄθλιος
athlios
winning the prize
Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄθλιος, α, ον, also ος, ον 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, Th. 922, etc.: Comp. -ιώτερος OT 815,1204: Sup. -ιώτατος Ph. 1679:—also of states of life, ἄ. γάμοι Th. 779; βίος, τύχη, Heracl. 878, Hec. 425:—of that which causes wretchedness, ἆρʼ ἄθλιον τοὔνειδος ; OC 753, cf. El. 1140; πρόσοψις Or. 952. Adv., τὸν ἀθλίως θανόντα Ant. 26, cf. HF 707, etc. 2. in moral sense, pitiful, wretched, 32.13, 10.43; τίς οὕτως ἄ. ὅστις . . ; 21.66; καὶ γὰρ ἂν ἄ. ἦν, εἰ . . ib.191. 3. without any moral sense, wretched, sorry, θηρσὶν ἄθλιον βοράν Ph. 1603; ἄ. ζωγράφος 2.6f. Adv. -ίως καὶ κακῶς with wretched success, 18.145; ζῆν ἀ. 203.
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