The corpus record

ἀλγ-ηδών

algedon · ἡ

pain, suffering

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 10 · 12.96/10k
Machabaeorum II 5 · 4.33/10k
Philebus 7 · 3.97/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 18 · 1.68/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Gorgias 3 · 1.14/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Phaedo 2 · 0.92/10k
Enneads 15 · 0.71/10k
Laws 7 · 0.68/10k
Republic 6 · 0.68/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀλγ-ηδών · alg-ēdōn — LSJ

pain, suffering

pain, suffering, of body, Hdt. 5.18, Hp. Coac. 394, E. Med. 24; ὀδύνη τις ἢ ἀ. Pl. R. 413b : pl., Prt. 354b.

II pain, grief

of mind, pain, grief, S. OC 514, E. Med. 56, Metrod. 7 : pl., Phld. D. 1.16, etc.

III cause of pain

cause of pain, ἀλγηδόνες ὀμμάτων αἱ Περσίδες Alex. ap. Plu. Alex. 21. - Not in A., once in S.

In the wild

ἀλγηδόνος · algēdonos Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 184)
ἀλγηδόνος · algēdonos Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1116b (DIORISIS sentence 937)
ἀλγηδόνας · algēdonas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9263)
ἀλγηδόνων · algēdonōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9327)
ἀλγηδόνων · algēdonōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9328)
ἀλγηδόνας · algēdonas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9263)

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Where it came from

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