ἀλγεινός,ή,όν,
A. painful, grievous, A. Pr. 199 , 240 , S. OT 1530 , E. Med. 1037 ; τὰ μέλλοντα ἀ.
Th. 2.39
, cf. ib. 43 ( Comp. ).Adv.
-νῶς
S. Ant. 436
, Pl. Grg. 476c .
II. rare in pass. sense,feeling pain, suffering, S. OC 1664 .— Comp. and Sup. in common useἀλγίων, ἄλγιστος(q. v.), butἀλγεινότερος, -ότατος, Th. 2.43 , Pl. Grg. 477d , Smp. 218a , Arist. Pr. 890a37 , andv.l.
Isoc. 14.48 . Hom. formἀλεγεινός, q.v.