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ἀλγέω

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Gloss: to ache

Transliteration: algeō

Strong’s: G6216

1. to feel bodily pain, suffer , (Iliad by Homer), etc.; the suffering part in accusative, ἀλγ. ἧπαρ (Aeschulus Tragicus); τὸν δάκτυλον, τὰ ὄμματα (Plato Philosophus)
2. to suffer hardship , (Odyssey by Homer)
3. to feel pain of mind, to grieve, be troubled or distressed , ἀλγεῖν ψυχήν, φρένα (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; ἀλγ. τινί to be pained at a thing, (Herdotus Historicus); ἐπί τινι (Sophocles Tragicus); διά τι (Herdotus Historicus); περί τι or τινος (Thucydides); with genitive, (Aeschulus Tragicus); with accusative, ἀλγῶ μὲν ἔργα (Aeschulus Tragicus); with participle, ἤλγης᾽ ἀκούσας (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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