α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν
painful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless
A saying of Euripides in Bacchae. Also [sc. attested is] a)rgale/on ["painful"], [meaning] difficult. It is said from a)/lgos ["pain"], a)lgale/on with a change of lambda into rho. Something difficult was called "work"…
Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν· Εὐριπίδου λόγος Βάκχαις. καὶ Ἀργαλέον, χαλεπόν. εἴρηται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄλγους, ἀλγαλέον καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ λ εἰς τὸ ρ. ἔργον δὲ παρὰ τοῖς…