painful, troublous,
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
;difficultof 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. , Ph. 1.224 : 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 : Sup. , Ar. Eq. 978 : rare in Prose, ἀ. τὴν ὄψιν
Aeschin. 1.61
.
II. ἀργαλέον ἐστί,c. dat. etinf., ἀ. δέ μοί ἐστι διασκοπιᾶσθαι ἕκαστον
Il. 17.252
, cf. 12.410 , Od. 13.312 , etc.: rarely c. acc. etinf., 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 δαμῆναιGod ishardto be subdued by mortal man, 4.397 ; ἀ. γὰρ Ὀλύμπιος ἀντιφέρεσθαι
Il. 1.589
.
III. Adv.
-ως
AP 9.499
. (By dissimilation fromἈλγαλέος,cf.ἄλγος.)
