ἀλγίων
Oἷς ὁ βιος ἀεὶ φόβων καὶ ὑποψίας ἐστὶ πλήρης, τούτοις οὔτε πλοῦτος οὔτε δόξα τέρψιν παρέχει. → To those for whom life is always full of fears and suspicion, neither wealth nor fame offers pleasure.
English (LSJ)
ον, ἄλγιστος, η, ον, irreg. Comp. and Sup. of ἀλγεινός, formed fr. Subst. ἄλγος (cf. καλλίων, αἰσχίων): —
A more or most painful, grievous, or distressing: — of Comp., Hom. has only neut. ἄλγιον, in signf. so much the worse, τῷ δ' ἄλγιον, αἴ κ' ἐθέλῃσιν . . ἄμμι μάχεσθαι Il.18.278, cf. 306, Od.4.292: Sup. only in Il.23.655 ἥτ' ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι (of a mule).— Both are common in Trag., as ἀλγίων A.Pr.934, S.Ant.64; ἄλγιστος Id.OT 675, etc. [-ῐον Hom., -ῑον Trag.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 90] ον, compar., u. ἄλγιστος, η, ον, superl. zu ἀλγεινός; Ham. superl. einmal, Iliad. 23, 655 ἥ τ' ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι, am schwersten zu bändigen; compar. sechsmal, überall in der Form ἄλγιον neutr. nom., homerisch = posit., Iliad. 18, 278 τῷ δ' ἄλγιον, αἴ κ' ἐθέλῃσιν περὶ τείχεος ἄμμι μάχεσθαι, es wird ihm schwer werden, 306 ἄλγιον, αἴ κ' ἐθέλῃσι, τῷ ἔσσεται; Od. 17, 14 ἄλγιον αὐτῷ ἔσσεται, das wird schlimm für ihn sein; 19, 822 τῷ δ' ἄλγισν ὅς κεν ἐκείνων τοῦτον ἀνιάζῃ, dem wird es schlecht ergehen; 4, 292. 16, 147 ἄλγιον Satz = das ist schlimm; – Tragg. u. sp. D.; Isocr. 10, 34 τίγάρ ἐστιν ἄλγιον;
