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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

  • αἳ δ’ αὖ καὶ κατὰ γαῖαν ἀπείριτον ἀνθεμόεσσαν ἔργ’ ἐρατὰ φθείρουσι χαμαιγενέων ἀνθρώπων πιμπλεῖσαι κόνιόσ τε καὶ ἀργαλέου κολοσυρτοῦ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 80:7)
  • ἴστε γὰρ Ἀρῆοσ πολυδακρύου ἔργ’ ἀΐδηλα, εὖ δ’ ὀργὴν ἐδάητ’ ἀργαλέου πολέμου, καὶ θαμὰ φευγόντων τε διωκόντων τε γέγευσθε, ὦ νέοι, ἀμφοτέρων δ’ ἐσ κόρον ἠλάσατε. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 146)
  • Κῆρεσ δὲ παρεστήκασι μέλαιναι, ἡ μὲν ἔχουσα τέλοσ γήραοσ ἀργαλέου, ἡ δ’ ἑτέρη θανάτοιο· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , other works13)
  • Τιθωνῷ μὲν ἔδωκεν ἔχειν κακὸν ἄφθιτον ὁ Ζεὺσ γῆρασ, ὃ καὶ θανάτου ῥίγιον ἀργαλέου. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , other works32)
  • περὶ γὰρ δίε μή μιν Ἀχαιοὶ ἀργαλέου πρὸ φόβοιο ἕλωρ δηί̈οισι λίποιεν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 71:6)

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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