ἀλγίων

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.]