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ἀλεγεινός

alegeinos

causing pain, grievous

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Where it lives

Iliad 21 · 1.88/10k
Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἀλεγεινός · alegeinos — LSJ

causing pain, grievous, troublesome

causing pain, grievous, αἰχμή, μάχη, Il. 5.658, 18.248; εἰρεσίη Od. 10.78; μεριμνάματα Pi. Fr. 277 : c. inf., troublesome, ἵπποι ἀλεγεινοὶ δαμήμεναι Il. 10.402 : neut. as Adv. -εινὸν ἀλαστήσασα Call. Del. 239. Regul. Adv. -νῶς Q.S. 3.557.

In the wild

ἀλεγεινῆς · alegeinēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3687)
ἀλεγεινοὶ · alegeinoi Iliad 10.402
ἀλεγεινή · alegeinē Iliad 11.398
ἀλεγεινὸς · alegeinos Iliad 13.569
ἀλεγεινῇ · alegeinēi Iliad 14.395
ἀλεγεινῆς · alegeinēs Iliad 15.16

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