; of the Cyclops, 9.351 , 478 ; of Zeus, Il. 2.112 , Od. 3.161 ; of the gods generally,σχέτλιοί ἐστε, θεοί, Il. 24.33 , Od. 5.118 ; of Cronos, Hes. Th. 488 ; of Odysseus and his companions, σχέτλιοι, οἳ . .
Od. 12.21
; of women, 4.729 , al.: so also in Att. of men,wicked,πῶς ἂν ἄνθρωποι -ώτεροι ἢ ἀνομώτεροι γένοιντο; Antipho 6.47 , cf. D. 30.36 ; -ώτατος
3. miserable, wretched, A. Pr. 644 ; freq. with a notion of contempt, ὦ σχετλιώτατε ἀνδρῶν O most wretched fool!
Hdt. 3.155
; ὦ σχέτλιε
S. Ph. 369
, 930 , E. Alc. 824 ; ὦ σχετλία
S. Ant. 47
: sts. c. gen.,ὦ σχετλία . . τῶν πόνωνbecause of sufferings, E. Hec. 783 , cf. Alc. 741 (anap.), Andr. 1179 (lyr.). --This sense ofmiserablenever occurs in Hom. ; in Il. 3.414 , 18.13 , the sense ofheadstrongshould be retained.
II. of things, first in Od. ,ὕπνος ς.cruelsleep, during which Odysseus was betrayed by his companions, 10.69 ; and in the phraseς. ἔργα,cruel, shocking, abominabledoings, 9.295 , 22.413 (=ἀτασθαλίαι v.
; alsoσχέτλια [ἐστί], c. acc. etinf.,hard, S. Aj. 887 (lyr.).
III. Adv.
-ίως
Isoc. 19.31
: Sup.
-ιώτατα f.l. in
S. Tr. 879 . [ Hom. always putsσχέτλιοςemphatically at the beginning of a line, exc. once in fem., Il. 3.414 ; and twice in neut., Od. 14.83 , 22.413 . He always uses the1stsyll. long, exc. in Il. 3.414 , whereσχετλίηhas the first syll. short, as in E. Andr. 1179 (lyr.), Cyc. 587 , al., and Ar. ll.cc.]
