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σχέτλιος , α, ον, fem.
2. mostly in bad sense, flinching from no cruelty or wickedness, merciless, headstrong, in Hom. mostly of heroes, as Achilles, Il.9.630, 16.203; Hector, 17.150, 22.86; Patroclus, 18.13; Odysseus, Od.11.474, al.; Heracles, Il.5.403; “ς., οὐδὲ θεῶν ὄπιν αἰδέσατ᾽Od.21.28; of the Cyclops, 9.351,478; of Zeus, Il.2.112, Od. 3.161; of the gods generally, σχέτλιοί ἐστε, θεοί, Il.24.33, Od.5.118; of Cronos, Hes.Th.488; of Odysseus and his companions, “σχέτλιοι, οἳ . . Od.12.21; of women, 4.729, al.: so also in Att. of men, wicked, πῶς ἂν ἄνθρωποι -ώτεροι ἀνομώτεροι γένοιντο; Antipho 6.47, cf. D.30.36; “-ώτατοςAnd.1.124, Isoc.5.103, etc.; “ς. καὶ ἀναιδήςD.19.16, etc.; of wild beasts, ὅσα ς. καὶ ἀνιηρά savage, Hdt.3.108.
3. miserable, wretched, A.Pr.644; freq. with a notion of contempt, “ σχετλιώτατε ἀνδρῶνO most wretched fool! Hdt.3.155; “ σχέτλιεS.Ph.369,930, E. Alc.824; “ σχετλίαS.Ant.47: sts. c. gen., σχετλία . . τῶν πόνων because of sufferings, E.Hec.783, cf. Alc.741 (anap.), Andr.1179 (lyr.). --This sense of miserable never occurs in Hom.; in Il.3.414, 18.13, the sense of headstrong should be retained.
II. of things, first in Od., ὕπνος ς. cruel sleep, during which Odysseus was betrayed by his companions, 10.69; and in the phrase ς. ἔργα, cruel, shocking, abominable doings, 9.295, 22.413 (= ἀτασθαλίαι v. 416); opp. δίκη and αἴσιμα ἔργα, 14.83, cf. Hes.Op.238, Thgn.733, Hdt.6.138, etc.; “ς. πέπονθα πράγματαAr.Pl.856; “τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ς. πάθημαX.An.7.6.30; also σχέτλια alone, “σχέτλια παθεῖνE.Supp. 1074 (lyr.), IA932, etc.; “ς. λέγεις καὶ ὑπερφυῆPl.Grg.467b; “ς. καὶ δεινάAr.Ra.612; “δεινὰ καὶ ς. πείσεταιIsoc.18.35, cf. E.Cyc.587; “σχέτλιονshocking, h.Ven.254; “ς. γεAr.Lys.498 (anap.); “ δὲ πάντων -ώτατονIsoc.6.56; also σχέτλια [ἐστί], c. acc. et inf., hard, S.Aj. 887 (lyr.).
III. Adv. “-ίωςIsoc.19.31: Sup. -ιώτατα f.l. in S.Tr. 879. [Hom. always puts σχέτλιος emphatically at the beginning of a line, exc. once in fem., Il.3.414; and twice in neut., Od.14.83, 22.413. He always uses the 1st syll. long, exc. in Il.3.414, where σχετλίη has the first syll. short, as in E.Andr.1179 (lyr.), Cyc.587, al., and Ar. ll.cc.]
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    • Homer, Iliad, 22.86
    • Homer, Iliad, 5.403
    • Homer, Odyssey, 14.83
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