ἈΘΛΙΟΥΣ, ἀθλιους
ATHLIOUS, athlious
Sounds Like: ATH-lee-oos
Translations: wretched, miserable, pitiable, a wretched one, a miserable one
From the root: ΑΘΛΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as wretched, miserable, or pitiable. It is used to convey a state of extreme unhappiness, suffering, or misfortune. It can be used to describe people who are in a state of distress or things that are of poor quality or in a deplorable condition.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0008 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 27:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΘΛΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΘΛΙΑΣ — wretched, miserable, a wretched one, a miserable one, (of) a wretched one, (of) a miserable one
- ἈΘΛΙΟΙ — wretched, miserable, pitiable, a wretched one, a miserable one
- ἈΘΛΙΩΤΑΤΗΣ — of the most wretched, of the most miserable, of the most unfortunate
- ἈΘΛΙΩΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most miserable, most wretched, most unfortunate
- ἈΘΛΙΩΤΕΡΟΣ — more miserable, more wretched, more unfortunate, a more miserable, a more wretched, a more unfortunate
- ΑΘΛΙΑ — wretched, miserable, unhappy, a wretched one, a miserable one, an unhappy one
- ΑΘΛΙΑΣ — wretched, miserable, a wretched one, a miserable one
- ΑΘΛΙΟΣ — wretched, miserable, pitiable, a wretched one, a miserable one, a pitiable one
- ΑΘΛΙΩ — wretched, miserable, a wretched one, a miserable one, (to) a wretched one, (to) a miserable one
- ΤΡΙΣΑΘΛΙΑ — thrice-wretched, thrice-miserable, most wretched, most miserable
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