ἀλγίων irreg. comp. and Sup. of ἀλγεινός, formed from ἄλγος (as καλλίων, -ιστος from κάλλος, αἰσχίων, -ιστος from αἶσχος) In Hom. ἄλγιον, ι short, but ι_ always in attic.
more or most painful, grievous or distressing:— of the comp., Hom. has only neut. ἄλγιον, so much the worse, all the harder; ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι (of a mule), Il.