Wretched (superl. β--est,β R3 II, 4, 18) 1) miserable, very unhappy: Lucr. 161. Lucr. 161 Lucr. 161 Lucr. 161 Sonn. 91, 13. Sonn. 91, 13 Meas. IV, 3, 126. Err. II, 1, 34. IV, 4, 118. Merch. IV, 1, 269. As II, 1, 36. II, 4, 68. III, 5, 37. IV, 3, 107. All's V, 3, 158. R2 I, 2, 27. H6A I, 1, 48. I, 4, 70. I, 4, 70 H6B III, 2, 72. H6B III, 2, 72 IV, 9, 49. H6C II, 5, 76. R3 I, 2, 18. I, 3, 203. II, 1, 93. III, 4, 95. III, 4, 95 IV, 4, 8. V, 3, 159. H8 III, 1, 106. Mcb. IV, 3, 141. Hml. III, 1, 163. III, 3, 67. Oth. V, 1, 41. Ant. III, 6, 76 etc.
2) sorry, paltry, contemptible: Sonn. 119, 5. 126, 8. Meas. V, 132. Meas. V, 132 LLL IV, 3, 80. H4A IV, 3, 57. H5 III, 7, 142. IV, 1, 285. H6C I, 1, 216. R3 II, 4, 18. Rom. III, 1, 135. III, 5, 185. Tim. V, 5, 70. Caes. I, 2, 117. Mcb. V, 7, 17. Hml. III, 4, 31.
3) hateful, abominable: such w. hands (as Tarquin's) such w. blood should spill (as his own) Lucr. 999. βthe w., bloody and usurping boar,β R3 V, 2, 7.