Lexical Definition

‎μόγις‎ mógis (mog'-is) hardly ^G:ADV
adverb from a primary (toil)

hardly.

• with difficulty

Abbott-Smith

** μόγις, adv. (< μόγος, toil), [in LXX: Wi 9:16 א A (μόγις, B), III Mac 7:6*;]
with toil or difficulty, hardly: Lk 9:39 (μόγις, WH).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

μόγις,

Aeolic dialect μύγις [Refs 6th c.AD+]: adverb, (μόγος) with toil and pain, i. e. hardly, scarcely, [NT+8th c.BC+] is rare in Attic dialect Prose, except in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; both forms in codices of [Refs 8th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.9.39}