ἄθλιος,α,ον, alsoος,ον
E. Alc. 1038 , etc., Att.
contr. fromἀέθλιος: (ἄεθλον, ἆθλον):—lit.
A. winning the prizeorrunning for it(this sense only in Ep. formἀέθλιος, q.v.).
II. metaph.,struggling, unhappy, wretched, miserable(this sense only in Att. formἄθλιος), 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 thatwhich causes wretchedness, ἆρ' ἄθλιον τοὔνειδος ;
S. OC 753
, cf. El. 1140 ; πρόσοψις