μογερός
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
ά, όν, also ός, όν Nic.Al.419 (
A v.l. for σμυγερός): poet. Adj. used by Trag. in anap. and lyr. (μόγος, cf. σμογερός): I of persons, toiling, distressed, wretched, A.Pr.565, Th.827, E.Tr.783, 790, Ar.Ach. 1207; so μ. οἶκοι S.El.93. Adv. -ρῶς Man.1.146. II of things, toilsome, grievous, κάματοι v.l. in AP7.508 (Emp. or Simon.); ἄχεα E.Med.205; ἀκουαί ear trouble, Marc.Sid.86.
German (Pape)
[Seite 196] mühvoll, mühselig; Tragg. oft, mit δυσδαίμων vrbdn, Aesch. Spt. 809 u. sonst, wie Eur., von Menschen; auch Μοῖρα βαρυδότειρα μογερά, Aesch. Spt. 975; στυγεραὶ εὐναὶ μογερῶν οἴκων, Soph. El. 93; ἄχεα μογερά, Eur. Med. 205; bei Ar. Ach. 1168 dem στυγερός entsprechend; sp. D., wie Maneth. 4, 146, u. öfter in der Anth., σαγηνοβόλοι, Agath. 28 (VI, 167); vgl. Archi. 17 (X, 8).
