δ1696Δύστηνος
wretched
[Meaning] suffering, unfortunate, miserable. But in Sophokles [the superlative] 'most wretched' is applied to the most abominable, not to pity. [See for example the passage] where he says "o Elektra, child of a most…
Δύστηνος· ταλαίπωρος, δυστυχής, ἄθλιος. τάττεται δὲ παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ δυστηνοτάτη ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐξωλεστάτη, οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκτου, ἐν οἷς φησιν· ἰὼ παῖ δυστανοτάτας Ἠλέκτρα μητρός. οὐ γάρ…