a[qlhsi" , hJ , ( ajqlevw ) a contest, struggle, N.T.
ajqlhthvr
ajqlhthvr , h`ro", oJ , older form of ajqlhthv" , Od.
ajqlhthv"
ajqlhthv" , contr. from ajeqlhthv", ou`, oJ , ( ajqlevw ) a prizefighter, Lat. athleta : as Adj. , ajql. i{ppo" a race- horse, Lys.
II. c. gen. rei, practised in a thing, Plat.
a[qlio"
a[qlio" , a, on and o", on , Att. contr. from Ep. ajevqlio" : ( a[eqlon, a\qlon ):— gaining the prize (this sense only in Ep. form).
II. metaph. struggling, wretched, miserable (this sense only in Att. form), of persons Aesch. , etc. : Comp. -iwvtero" Soph .: Sup. -iwvtato" Eur .:—also of states of life, gavmoi, bivo", tuvch Trag .: —Adv. -ivw" , miserably, Soph.
2.
in moral sense,
pitiful, wretched,
Dem.
3.
without any moral sense,
wretched, sorry,
qhrsi;n ajqliva borav
Eur
.:
—Adv
.,
ajqlivw" kai; kakw`"
with
wretched
success,
Dem.
Hence
ajqliovth"
ajqliovth"
ajqliovth" , hto", hJ , suffering, wretchedness, Plat ., etc.
ajqloqevth"
ajqlo-qevth" , ou, oJ , ( tiv-qhmi ) one who awards the prize, the judge in the games, Plat. , etc.
a\qlon
a\qlon , tov , Att. contr. from Ep. and Ion. a[eqlon , the prize of contest, Hom ., etc. ; a[eqla kei`tai or provkeitai prizes are proposed, Hdt. ; a\qla profaivnein, protiqevnai, tiqevnai to propose prizes, Xen .; a\qla lambavnein or fevresqai to win prizes, Plat .; a\qla polevmou, th`" ajreth`" Dem.
II. = a\qlo" , a contest, Od.:— metaph. a conflict, struggle, Aesch ., Soph.
a\qlo"
a\qlo" , oJ , contr. from Ep. and Ion. a[eqlo" , a contest for a prize, Hom ., etc. ; a[eqlo" provkeitai a task is set one, Hdt. ; a[eqlon protiqevnai to set it, Id.;— metaph. a conflict, struggle, Aesch.
ajqlosuvnh
ajqlosuvnh , hJ , = a\qlo" , Anth.
ajqlofovro"
ajqlo-fovro" , on , ( fevrw ) bearing away the prize, victorious, i{ppo" Il.; in Ion. form ajeql- , Ib., Hdt.
a[qolo"
a[-qolo" , on , not turbid, clear, Luc.