ἄλγος

See also: άλγος

Ancient Greek

Disputed. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- (“to care”), and related to ἀλέγω (alégō, “to take care”).^[1]

ᾰ̓́λγος • (ắlgos) n (genitive ἄλγους); third declension

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λγος; τοῦ ᾰ̓́λγους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λγος tò ắlgos	τὼ ᾰ̓́λγει tṑ ắlgei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λγη tằ ắlgē
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́λγους toû ắlgous	τοῖν ᾰ̓λγοῖν toîn ălgoîn	τῶν ᾰ̓λγῶν tôn ălgôn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́λγει tōî ắlgei	τοῖν ᾰ̓λγοῖν toîn ălgoîn	τοῖς ᾰ̓́λγεσῐ / ᾰ̓́λγεσῐν toîs ắlgesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́λγος tò ắlgos	τὼ ᾰ̓́λγει tṑ ắlgei	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λγη tằ ắlgē
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λγος ắlgos	ᾰ̓́λγει ắlgei	ᾰ̓́λγη ắlgē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ᾰ̓́λγος; ᾰ̓́λγεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾰ̓́λγος ắlgos	ᾰ̓́λγει / ᾰ̓́λγεε ắlgei / ắlgee	ᾰ̓́λγεᾰ ắlgeă
Genitive	ᾰ̓́λγεος / ᾰ̓́λγευς ắlgeos / ắlgeus	ᾰ̓λγέοιν ălgéoin	ᾰ̓λγέων ălgéōn
Dative	ᾰ̓́λγει / ᾰ̓́λγεῐ̈ ắlgei / ắlgeĭ̈	ᾰ̓λγέοιν ălgéoin	ᾰ̓́λγεσῐ / ᾰ̓́λγεσῐν ắlgesĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓́λγος ắlgos	ᾰ̓́λγει / ᾰ̓́λγεε ắlgei / ắlgee	ᾰ̓́λγεᾰ ắlgeă
Vocative	ᾰ̓́λγος ắlgos	ᾰ̓́λγει / ᾰ̓́λγεε ắlgei / ắlgee	ᾰ̓́λγεᾰ ắlgeă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄλγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

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ἄλγος in 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, published 1963
ἄλγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“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^[1], 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.
ἄλγος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011