ἀργαλέος
argaleos
painful, troublous
Appears 60 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀργαλέος, α, ον, A. painful, troublous, ἄνεμοι Il. 13.795; Ἔρις II.3; νοῦσος 13.667; Ἄσκρῃ, χεῖμα κακῇ, θέρει ἀργαλέῃ (trisyll.), οὐδέποτʼ ἐσθλῇ Op. 640; νύξ Supp. 12.11; difficult of attainment, ἀληθείη 114.2; κάθοδος 43.5:—never in Trag., sts. in Com., ἀ. πρᾶγμα Pl. 1; στάσις Th. 788; ἀργαλέας νύκτας ἄγειν Lys. 764: rare in Prose, πρᾶγμα Hier. 6.4: Comp., 1.224: Sup., 2.300. 2. of persons, troublesome, vexatious, 1208 codd. (ἁρπ- Bgk.); βιότοιο κέλευθοι 115.8, cf. Nu. 450, 403.5: Sup., Eq. 978: rare in Prose, ἀ. τὴν ὄψιν 1.61. II. ἀργαλέον ἐστί, c. dat. et inf., ἀ. δέ μοί ἐστι διασκοπιᾶσθαι ἕκαστον Il. 17.252, cf. 12.410, Od. 13.312, etc.: rarely c. acc. et inf., ἀργαλέον δέ με πάντʼ ἀγορεῦσαι Il. 12.176; or without case, ἀ. δὲ πληκτίζεσθʼ ἀλόχοισι Διός 21.498, cf. Od. 7.241, etc.; also, 2. agreeing with the object, ἀ. . . θεὸς βροτῷ ἀνδρὶ δαμῆναι God is hard to be subdued by mortal man, 4.397; ἀ. γὰρ Ὀλύμπιος ἀντιφέρεσθαι Il. 1.589. III. Adv. -ως AP 9.499. (By dissimilation from *ἀλγαλέος, cf. ἄλγος.)
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