δύστηνος
δύστηνος
wretched, unhappy, unfortunate, disastrous, mostly of persons, Hom., Trag.; δυστήνων δέ τε παῖδες ἐμῷ μένει ἀντιόωσιν unhappy are they whose sons encounter me, Il.
of things, Trag., Ar.: Sup. adv., δυστανοτάτως Eur.
after Hom., in moral sense, wretched, like Lat. miser (a wretch), Soph.
Prob. for δύσστηνος; but the origin of -στηνος is uncertain.
Headword (normalized):
δύστηνος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
δυστηνος
Intro Text:
δύστηνος
wretched, unhappy, unfortunate, disastrous, mostly of persons, Hom., Trag.; δυστήνων δέ τε παῖδες ἐμῷ μένει ἀντιόωσιν unhappy are they whose sons encounter me, Il.
of things, Trag., Ar.: Sup. adv., δυστανοτάτως Eur.
after Hom., in moral sense, wretched, like Lat. miser (a wretch), Soph.
Prob. for δύσστηνος; but the origin of -στηνος is uncertain.
URN:
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