ἄλγιον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

In Homer:

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.ɡi.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.on/

In Aeschylus and Sophocles:

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ál.ɡiː.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ʝi.on/

Adjective

ἄλγῐον or ἄλγῑον • (álgĭon or álgīon)

inflection of ἀλγίων (algíōn):
1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
2. masculine/feminine/neuter vocative singular

Adverb

ἄλγῐον or ἄλγῑον • (álgĭon or álgīon)

worse

Derived terms

τῷ δ’ ἄλγιον (tōî d’ álgion, “so much the worse”)