ἀλγ-ίων,ον,ἄλγιστος,η,ον, irreg. Comp. and Sup. of
ἀλγεινός, formed fr.Subst. ἄλγος(cf.καλλίων, αἰσχίων): —
A. moreormost painful, grievous, ordistressing: — of Comp. , Hom. has only neut.ἄλγιον, in signf.so much the worse, τῷ δ' ἄλγιον, αἴ κ' ἐθέλῃσιν . . ἄμμι μάχεσθαι
Il. 18.278
, cf. 306 , Od. 4.292 : Sup. only in Il. 23.655
ἥτ' ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι(of a mule).— Both are common in Trag., as ἀλγίων
A. Pr. 934
, S. Ant. 64 ; ἄλγιστος
Id. OT 675
, etc. [ -ῐον
Hom.
,-ῑονTrag.]