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μοχθ-ηρός

mochtheros

suffering hardship, in sore distress, wretched

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μοχθ-ηρός · mochth-ēros — LSJ

suffering hardship, in sore distress, wretched, poor wretch!, hardships, bad

suffering hardship, in sore distress, wretched, of persons, A. Th. 257; ὦ πόλλʼ ἐγὼ μ. S. Ph. 254; ὦ μόχθηρε σύ poor wretch! Ar. Ach. 165, Ra. 1175; ὦ μόχθηρε Pl. Phdr. 268e; 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., μοχθηροτέρως ἔχειν Pl. R. 343e: Sup. -ότατα, διακείμενοι Id. Erx. 406a.

2 in bad condition, in a bad state, inferior, ugly, unsound, fallacious, mistaken

in bad condition, βοῦς Ar. Eq. 316; ἱμάτιον Cratin. 207; μοχθηρότερα ἀποδιδόντες ἢ παρέλαβον τὰ ἱμάτια Pl. Men. 91e; καταλαβὼν μοχθηρὰ τὰ πράγματα finding trade in a bad state, D. 34.8; μ. ἐλπίδας ἔχειν Din. 1.107; μ. τραγῳδία Arist. Metaph. 1090b20; ὕδατα Id. Pr. 872a10; χρόα Id. HA 616b12; ἀγωγή PTeb. 24.57 (ii B. C.); of persons, inferior, μ. (v.l. πονηρ-) ἰατρός Antipho 4.2.4; also, of appearance, μοχθηρὸς τὴν ἰδέαν ugly, And. 1.100; of arguments, unsound, fallacious, S.E. P. 2.111; of perso

II knavish, rascally

most freq. of persons, in moral sense, knavish, rascally, Th. 8.73, etc.; ἐκ χρηστῶν καὶ γενναίων μοχθηροτάτους ἀπέδειξας Ar. Ra. 1011, cf. Pl. Men. 91e; τοὺς τρόπους μ. Ar. Pl. 1003; of acts, etc., μ. τι πράσσειν Trag.Adesp. 510; ὑφοψία μ. OGI 315.58 (Pessinus, ii B. C.); ῥῆμα μ. SIG 1175.5 (Piraeus, iv/iii B. C.); μοχθηρότερα λεγόντων X. HG 1.4.13 (v.l. -ότερον Adv. Comp.).—Some Gramm. write μόχθηρος, πόνηρος in signf. I, μοχθηρός, πονηρός in signf. II, Ammon. Diff. p.94 V., Arc. 71.16, but Hd

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