詞源

有爭議。可能源自原始印歐語 (“照顧，照料”)。

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名詞

(álgos) n (屬格); 三類變格

1. 疼痛；痛苦；悲傷，悲痛
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.1–2:

     Μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά, Πηληιάδεω Ἀχιλῆος οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί’ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε’ ἔθηκε.

     Mênin áeide, theá, Pēlēiádeō Akhilêos ouloménēn, hḕ murí’ Akhaioîs álge’ éthēke.

     • 譯者：罗念生、王焕生

       女神啊，请歌唱佩琉斯之子阿基琉斯的致命的忿怒，那一怒给阿开奥斯人带来无数的苦难。

2. 導致痛苦的事物

參考資料

• “ἄλγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄλγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄλγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 出版于1963
• ἄλγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄλγος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ache idem, page 8.
  • anguish idem, page 29.
  • grief idem, page 373.
  • heaviness idem, page 393.
  • lamentation idem, page 474.
  • melancholy idem, page 524.
  • misery idem, page 534.
  • pain idem, page 588.
  • sadness idem, page 730.
  • smart idem, page 786.
  • sorrow idem, page 795.
  • torment idem, page 881.
  • unhappiness idem, page 920.