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ἀργα^λέος , α, ον,
A.painful, troublous,ἄνεμοιIl.13.795; “Ἔρις11.3; “νοῦσος13.667; Ἄσκρῃ, χεῖμα κακῇ, θέρει ἀργαλέῃ (trisyll.), “οὐδέποτ᾽ ἐσθλῇHes.Op.640; “νύξAlc.Supp.12.11; difficult of attainment, “ἀληθείηEmp.114.2; “κάθοδοςAnacr.43.5:—never in Trag., sts. in Com., “. πρᾶγμαAr.Pl.1; “στάσιςId.Th.788; “ἀργαλέας νύκτας ἄγεινId.Lys. 764: rare in Prose, “πρᾶγμαX.Hier.6.4: Comp., Ph.1.224: Sup., Id.2.300.
2. of persons, troublesome, vexatious, Thgn.1208 codd. (ἁρπ- Bgk.); “βιότοιο κέλευθοιEmp.115.8, cf. Ar.Nu.450, Men.403.5: Sup., Ar.Eq.978: rare in Prose, “. τὴν ὄψινAeschin.1.61.
2. agreeing with the object, . . . θεὸς βροτῷ ἀνδρὶ δαμῆναι God is hard to be subdued by mortal man, 4.397; “. γὰρ Ὀλύμπιος ἀντιφέρεσθαιIl.1.589.
III. Adv. “-ωςAP9.499. (By dissimilation from Α᾿λγαλέος, cf. ἄλγος.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (19):
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 61
    • Aristophanes, Knights, 978
    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 1
    • Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 788
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 640
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.3
    • Homer, Iliad, 12.176
    • Homer, Iliad, 12.410
    • Homer, Iliad, 13.667
    • Homer, Iliad, 13.795
    • Homer, Iliad, 17.252
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.589
    • Homer, Iliad, 21.498
    • Homer, Odyssey, 13.312
    • Homer, Odyssey, 4.397
    • Homer, Odyssey, 7.241
    • Xenophon, Hiero, 6.4
    • Aristophanes, Clouds, 450
    • Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 764
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