ἀργαλέος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

By dissimilation from *ἀλγαλέος (*algaléos), from ἄλγος (álgos, pain).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἀργᾰλέος (argaléosm (feminine ἀργᾰλέᾱ, neuter ἀργᾰλέον); first/second declension

  1. hard to bear, difficult to endure, troublesome, vexatious

Declension

Further reading

  • ἀργαλέος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἀργαλέος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἀργαλέος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.