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ἀργαλέος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀργαλέος ἀργαλέη ἀργαλέον

Structure: ἀργαλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/lgos, as if a)lgale/os

Sense

  1. painful, troublous, grievous, difficult
  2. troublesome

Examples

  • ἡμεῖσ τοίνυν ἡμᾶσ αὐτὰσ εὖ λέξωμεν παραβᾶσαι, καίτοι πᾶσ τισ τὸ γυναικεῖον φῦλον κακὰ πόλλ’ ἀγορεύει, ὡσ πᾶν ἐσμὲν κακὸν ἀνθρώποισ κἀξ ἡμῶν ἐστιν ἅπαντα, ἔριδεσ νείκη στάσισ ἀργαλέα λύπη πόλεμοσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parabasis, parabasis1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε τισ μοίρησ τριτάτησ πρὸσ μέτρον ἐλαύνοι πίνων ἀβλεμέωσ, τότε δ’ Ὕβριοσ αἶσα καὶ Ἄτησ γίνεται ἀργαλέα, κακὰ δ’ ἀνθρώποισιν ὀπάζει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 3 2:10)
  • μέλαν δέ οἱ αἷμα ταλαυρίνου διὰ χρωτὸσ ζέσσ1’, ἐπὶ δ’ ἀργαλέᾳ βῶλον ἔδευσε φονᾷ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2082)

Synonyms

  1. painful

  2. troublesome

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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