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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

  • ἔνθά κ’ ἔτι μείζων τε καὶ ἀργαλεώτεροσ ἄλλοσ πὰρ Διὸσ ἀθανάτοισι χόλοσ καὶ μῆνισ ἐτύχθη, εἰ μὴ Ἀθήνη πᾶσι περιδείσασα θεοῖσιν ὦρτο διὲκ προθύρου, λίπε δὲ θρόνον ἔνθα θάασσε, τοῦ δ’ ἀπὸ μὲν κεφαλῆσ κόρυθ’ εἵλετο καὶ σάκοσ ὤμων, ἔγχοσ δ’ ἔστησε στιβαρῆσ ἀπὸ χειρὸσ ἑλοῦσα χάλκεον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 12:2)

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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