λευγαλέος

leugaleos

in sad

Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λευγαλέος, α, ον, (v. λυγρός): 1. of persons, in sad or sorry plight, wretched, πτωχῷ λ. ἐναλίγκιον Od. 16.273; λ. ἐσόμεσθα 2.61. Adv. -έως, χωρεῖν to go in ill plight, Il. 13.723. II. of conditions, etc., sore, baneful, νῦν δέ με λ. θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι, i.e. by drowning, 21.281, cf. Od. 15.359; κήδεσιν . . λευγαλέοισι ib.399; ἄλγεσι λ. 20.203; πολέμοιο μεθήσετε λ. Il. 13.97; ἐν δαῒ λ. 14.387; φρεσὶ λ. πιθήσας 9.119; λ. ἐπέεσσιν 20.109; ἤθεα λ. Hes. Op. 525; ποινή ib.754; κόρος Thgn. 1174; ἀνῖαι A.R. 1.295; κέντρον Nic. Th. 836. 2. rarely of material objects, λ. χιτών sorry tunic, Philet. 17. 3. λευγαλέα· διάβροχος, Phot., cf. EM 561.28 (prob. an error due to misunderstanding of S. Fr. 785).
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