2.in bad sense, unflinching, cruel, merciless, Hom.: —so in attic, wicked, Dem., etc.:—of beasts, savage, Hdt.
3.like τλήμων, miserable, wretched, unhappy, Aesch., Eur.; often with a notion of contempt, ὦ σχετλιώτατε ἀνδρῶν O most wretched fool! Hdt.; ὦ σχέτλιε Soph.; c. gen., ὦ σχετλία τῶν πόνων O wretched for thy sufferings, Eur.
II.of things, σχ. ὕπνος cruel sleep, during which Odysseus was abandoned by his companions, Od.; σχέτλια ἔργα cruel, shocking doings, id=Od.; σχέτλια παθεῖν Eur., etc.; σχ. καὶ δεινά Ar.: also, σχέτλια [ἐστί], c. acc. et inf., Soph.
III.adv. -ίως, Isocr.
