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ἀλγεινός

algeinos

painful, grievous

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλγεινός, ή, όν, A. painful, grievous, A. Pr. 199, 240, S. OT 1530, E. Med. 1037; τὰ μέλλοντα ἀ. Th. 2.39, cf. ib.43 (Comp.). Adv. -νῶς S. Ant. 436, Pl. Grg. 476c. II. rare in pass. sense, feeling pain, suffering, S. OC 1664.—Comp. and Sup. in common use ἀλγίων, ἄλγιστος (q. v.), but ἀλγεινότερος, -ότατος, Th. 2.43, Pl. Grg. 477d, Smp. 218a, Arist. Pr. 890a37, and v.l. Isoc. 14.48. Hom. form ἀλεγεινός, q.v.
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