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1 δειλός
I of persons, cowardly, opp. ἄλκιμος, Il. 13.278; opp. ἀνδρεῖος, Pl.Phdr. 239a, etc.: hence, vile, worthless, Il. 1.293;δειλαί τοι δειλῶν γε καὶ ἐγγύαι Od.8.351
; opp. ἐσθλός, lowborn, mean, Hes.Fr. 164; ;ἀγαθοὶ δειλῶν ἐπὶ δαῖτας ἴσιν Eup.289
; of animals, Hdt.3.108: c.gen., afraid of..,AP
9.410 (Tull. Sab.): c.inf., ib.6.232 (Crin.). Adv.- λῶς Theoc.Adon.15
, Plu.2.26b.2 more commonly, miserable, wretched, with a compassionate sense, δειλοὶ βροτοί poor mortals! Il.22.31, al.; ἆ δειλέ poor wretch! poor wretches!17.201
, Od.20.351;ἆ δειλὲ ξείνων 14.361
;Πατροκλῆος δειλοῖο Il.17.670
.II of things, miserable, wretched, ; δ. δ' ἐνὶ πυθμένι φειδώ ib. 369;τὰ δ. κέρδη S.Ant. 326
; ἔργα, λόγος, etc., Thgn.307, E.Andr. 757, etc.: [comp] Comp., Longin.2.1: [comp] Sup., Ar.Pl. 123: neut. pl. as Adv.,ὀχλεῖ μοι δειλὰ ὁ Τρωΐλος PIand. 11.4
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2 μοχθηρός
A suffering hardship, in sore distress, wretched, of persons, A.Th. 257;ὦ πόλλ' ἐγὼ μ. S.Ph. 254
; ὦ μόχθηρε σύ poor wretch! Ar. Ach. 165, Ra. 1175; ; 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] Comp.,μοχθηροτέρως ἔχειν Pl.R. 343e
: [comp] Sup. - ότατα, διακείμενοι Id.Erx. 406
.2 in bad condition, ;ἱμάτιον Cratin.207
; ; καταλαβὼν μοχθηρὰ τὰ πράγματα finding trade in a bad state, D.34.8;μ. ἐλπίδας ἔχειν Din. 1.107
;μ. τραγῳδία Arist.Metaph. 1090b20
; ; ;ἀγωγή PTeb.24.57
(ii B. C.); of persons, inferior, μ. (v.l. πονηρ-) ; 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.; , cf. Pl.Men. 91e;τοὺς τρόπους μ. Ar.Pl. 1003
; of acts, etc.,μ. τι πράσσειν Trag.Adesp.510
;ὑφοψία μ. OGI315.58
(Pessinus, ii B. C.);ῥῆμα μ. SIG1175.5
(Piraeus, iv/iii B. C.);μοχθηρότερα λεγόντων X.HG1.4.13
(v.l. - ότερον Adv. [comp] Comp.).—Some Gramm. write μόχθηρος, πόνηρος in signf. 1, μοχθηρός, πονηρός in signf. 11, 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.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μοχθηρός
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3 τάλας
τάλας (v. sub fin.), τάλαινα, τάλαν (fem.A ): gen. ᾰνος, αίνης, ανος, also dat.τάλαντι Hippon.12
: voc. τάλαν, masc. in Od.18.327, 19.68, Thgn.512, etc., fem. in Ar.Ra. 559, al. (Adv. acc. to A.D.Adv.160.11, Hdn.Gr.2.12, al.): [dialect] Aeol. nom. [full] τάλαις Choerob.in Theod.1.126 H.: ([etym.] Τλάω):—suffering, wretched,ξεῖνε τάλαν Od.18.327
, etc.;ὦ τάλας ἐγώ S.OC 1338
, 1401, Aj. 981;ὦ τάλαιν' ἐγώ A.Ch. 743
; (lyr.): c. gen. causae,οἲ γὼ τάλαινα συμφορᾶς κακῆς A.Pers. 445
, cf. 517;τάλαιν' ἐγὼ τῆς ὕβρεος Ar.Pl. 1044
: sts. in bad sense, wretch!Od.
19.68: but in Com., τάλαινα poor dear! as a sort of coaxing address, Ar.Lys. 910, 914; so .2 in Trag. also of things, sorry, wretched, (anap.); (lyr.); (lyr.); ; (lyr.); συμφορά, νόσος, Id.El. 1179, Tr. 1084; ἔρις, φυγά, E.Hel. 248 (lyr.), Ph. 1710 (lyr.): [comp] Sup. τᾰλάντατος, η, ον, Ar. Pl. 684, 1046, 1060, Pl.Cra. 395e.--Poet. word, used by X.Cyr.4.6.5, Ph.2.239, Arr.Epict.2.16.20, Plu.Ant.79, al., Luc.DMeretr.10.3.II Τάλας, ὁ, a constellation ([etym.] θεός τις κατακέφαλα κείμενος) rising with Sagittarius, Cat.Cod.Astr.7.207. [ τᾰλᾱς A.Pr. 158 (anap.), S. (v. supr.), Ar.Ach. 163, 1192, Pax79, Av. 1494, Pl. 930; [dialect] Dor. also τᾰλᾰς Theoc.2.4, AP9.378 (Pall.): voc.τάλᾰν Thgn.512
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4 ὀϊζυρός
A woeful, miserable, in Hom. mostly of persons, Il.1.417, al. ;ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσιν 13.569
, cf. Od.4.197 ; ᾠζύρ' you wretch! Ar.Av. 1641 : less freq. of actions, conditions, etc., toilsome, dreary,παύσασθαι ὀϊζυροῦ πολέμοιο Il.3.112
;παύσατ' ὀϊζυροῖο γόοιο Od.8.540
;ὀϊζυραὶ νύκτες 11.182
, etc. ; also, sorry, wretched, poor, ;διαίτην ἔχειν ὀϊζυρήν Hdt.9.82
. Adv.- ρῶς Q.S.3.363
.—Not used by Trag., nor in early [dialect] Att. Prose. [ὀϊζῡ- in Hom. (v. supr.) ; οἰζῠ- in [dialect] Att., Ar.Nu. 655, Av. 1641, V. 1504, 1514, Lys. 948 : [comp] Comp.ὀϊζῡρώτερος Il.17.446
: [comp] Sup.ὀϊζῡρώτατος Od.5.105
.]Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὀϊζυρός
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