ἀργαλέος

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; difficult of 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. et inf., ἀ. δέ μοί ἐστι διασκοπιᾶσθαι ἕκαστον Il. 17.252, cf. 12.410, Od. 13.312, etc.: rarely c. acc. et inf., 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 δαμῆναι God is hard to be subdued by mortal man, 4.397; ἀ. γὰρ Ὀλύμπιος ἀντιφέρεσθαι Il. 1.589.

III. Adv. ‐ως AP 9.499. (By dissimilation from Ἀλγαλέος, cf. ἄλγος.)