ἀργαλέος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">painful, troublous</b>, ἄνεμοι <span class="bibl">Il.13.795</span>; Ἔρις <span class="bibl">11.3</span>; νοῦσος <span class="bibl">13.667</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄσκρῃ, χεῖμα κακῇ, θέρει ἀργαλέῃ</b> (trisyll.), οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλῇ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>640</span>; νύξ Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>12.11; <b class="b2">difficult</b> of attainment, ἀληθείη <span class="bibl">Emp.114.2</span>; κάθοδος <span class="bibl">Anacr.43.5</span>:—never in Trag., sts. in Com., ἀ. πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1</span>; στάσις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>788</span>; ἀργαλέας νύκτας ἄγειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 764</span>: rare in Prose, πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>6.4</span>: Comp., <span class="bibl">Ph.1.224</span>: Sup., <span class="bibl">Id.2.300</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b2">troublesome, vexatious</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1208</span> codd. (<b class="b3">ἁρπ-</b> Bgk.); βιότοιο κέλευθοι <span class="bibl">Emp.115.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>450</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.403.5</span>: Sup., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>978</span>: rare in Prose, ἀ. τὴν ὄψιν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.61</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀργαλέον ἐστί</b>, c. dat. et inf., ἀ. δέ μοί ἐστι διασκοπιᾶσθαι ἕκαστον <span class="bibl">Il.17.252</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.410</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.312</span>, etc.: rarely c. acc. et inf., ἀργαλέον δέ με πάντ' ἀγορεῦσαι <span class="bibl">Il.12.176</span>; or without case, ἀ. δὲ πληκτίζεσθ' ἀλόχοισι Διός <span class="bibl">21.498</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.7.241</span>, etc.; also, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> agreeing with the object, <b class="b3">ἀ. . . θεὸς βροτῷ ἀνδρὶ δαμῆναι</b> God is <b class="b2">hard</b> to be subdued by mortal man, <span class="bibl">4.397</span>; ἀ. γὰρ Ὀλύμπιος ἀντιφέρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.1.589</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. -ως <span class="title">AP</span>9.499. (By dissimilation from <b class="b3">*ἀλγαλέος</b>, cf. [[ἄλγος]].) </span>