ἀργαλέος

ἀργᾰλέος, 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] Comp., Ph.1.224: [comp] 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: [comp] 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 Αλγαλέος, cf. ἄλγος.)