ἀλγ-ηδών, όνος, ἡ,
pain, suffering, of body, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.18, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Κωακαὶ προγνώσιες” 394, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 24; ὀδύνη τις ἢ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 413b: _plural_, “Prt.” 354b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of mind, pain, grief. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 514, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 56, 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus 7: _plural_, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.16, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III cause of pain, ἀλγηδόνες ὀμμάτων αἱ Περσίδες[[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 21. - Not in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, once in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]