ἀλγίων: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[irreg. comp. and Sup. of [[ἀλγεινός]], formed from [[ἄλγος]] (as [[καλλίων]], -ιστος from [[κάλλος]], [[αἰσχίων]], -ιστος from [[αἶσχος]])] [In Hom. ἄλγιον, ι [[short]], but ῑ [[always]] in [[attic]].]<br />[[more]] or [[most]] [[painful]], [[grievous]] or [[distressing]]:— of the comp., Hom. has only neut. ἄλγιον, so [[much]] the [[worse]], all the harder; ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι (of a [[mule]]), Il.