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augean

Adjective

Au=ge=an

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Derived form noun augeas₁

augean, a.

Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stable contained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Hercules cleansed it in a single day. [1913 Webster]
Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. [1913 Webster]

Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.

augean, adj. filthy; extremely dirty.

Etymology

L Augeas f. Gk Augeias (in Gk mythology, the owner of stables cleaned by Hercules by diverting a river through them)