ἀργόλας

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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4
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Full diacritics: ἀργόλας Medium diacritics: ἀργόλας Low diacritics: αργόλας Capitals: ΑΡΓΟΛΑΣ
Transliteration A: argólas Transliteration B: argolas Transliteration C: argolas Beta Code: a)rgo/las

English (LSJ)

α, ὁ, a kind of

   A serpent, Suid.; cf. ἀργῆς.    II v. Ἄργος·

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀργόλας: α, ὁ, εἶδος ὄφεος περὶ οὗ πολλὰ ἀργολογεῖ ὁ Σουΐδας, πρβλ. ἀργῆς.