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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.

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  1. 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.
  2. a. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt.
  3. adj. extremely filthy from long neglect
  4. 1. (Class. Myth.) Of or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/pertaining">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. 2. Hence: Exceedingly filthy or corrupt. Augean stable (Fig.), an accumulation of corruption or filth almost beyond the power of man to remedy.
  5. Of or pertaining to Augeus, king of Elis, whose stablecontained 3000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for 30 years. Herculescleansed it in a single day.
  6. s. extremely filthy from long neglect