ἀργαλέος
Δεινότερον οὐδὲν ἄλλο μητρυιᾶς κακόν → Nulla est noverca pestis exitalior → Kein schlimmres Übel gibt's als eine Stiefmutter
English (LSJ)
α, ον,
A painful, troublous, ἄνεμοι Il.13.795; Ἔρις 11.3; νοῦσος 13.667; Ἄσκρῃ, χεῖμα κακῇ, θέρει ἀργαλέῃ (trisyll.), οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλῇ Hes.Op.640; νύξ Alc.Supp.12.11; difficult of attainment, ἀληθείη Emp.114.2; κάθοδος Anacr.43.5:—never in Trag., sts. in Com., ἀ. πρᾶγμα Ar.Pl.1; στάσις Id.Th.788; ἀργαλέας νύκτας ἄγειν Id.Lys. 764: rare in Prose, πρᾶγμα X.Hier.6.4: Comp., Ph.1.224: Sup., Id.2.300. 2 of persons, troublesome, vexatious, Thgn.1208 codd. (ἁρπ- Bgk.); βιότοιο κέλευθοι Emp.115.8, cf. Ar.Nu.450, Men.403.5: Sup., Ar.Eq.978: rare in Prose, ἀ. τὴν ὄψιν Aeschin.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 πάντ' ἀγορεῦσαι Il.12.176; or without case, ἀ. δὲ πληκτίζεσθ' 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 AP9.499. (By dissimilation from *ἀλγαλέος, cf. ἄλγος.)
