to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail,
ὠδίνω [ῑ], used by early writers only inpres.:fut.
A.
ὠδῑνήσω
LXX Hb. 3.10
:aor.
ὤδῑνα
AP 7.561
(Jul.Aeg.), Opp. C. 1.5 , Jul. Or. 2.56d ; ὠδίνησα
LXX Ps. 7.15
:—soaor.
Med. and Pass. ,ὠδινησάμην, -ήθην,
Aq. Ps. 113(114).7 , Pr. 8.25 :—to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail,
ὡς δ' ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα
Il. 11.269
; ὠδίνειν τρομέω: χαλεπὸν βέλος Εἰλειθυίας
Theoc. 27.29
, cf. Ar. Th. 502 , Ec. 529 , Hp. Epid. 5.25 , Pl. R. 395e , etc.
2. c. acc.,to be in travail ofa child,bring forth,
E. IA 1234 , LXX Ca. 8.5 : of animals, ὠ. νεοττούς
Ael. NA 2.46
: prov., ὤδινεν ὄρος
Luc. Hist.Conscr. 23
.
II. metaph. of any great pain,to be in travailoranguish,of the Cyclops, στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι
Od. 9.415
; Κύπριδι
AP 7.30
( Antip.Sid. );labour painfully, ὠδίνουσι μέλισσαιib. 9.363.22 ( Mel. (?)); of the mind,to be in the throesoragonies of thought,
Pl. Tht. 148e , al.;κυοῦμέν τε καὶ ὠ. περὶ ἐπιστήμηςib. 210b ; ὑπὲρ δισσῶν μίαν ὠδίνειν ψυχήν
E. Hipp. 258
(anap.);ὥστε μ' ὠδίνειν τί φῄςwhat you mean, S. Aj. 794 , cf. E. Heracl. 644 ;ὠδίνειν εἴς τι to long painfullyfor a thing, Hld. 5.32 : c.inf., Id. 2.21 , Him. Ecl. 13.38 , Or. 4.1 : c. acc., Hld. 10.31 ; ἔξοδον
Chor. 42.20
p.517 F.-R.
b. worry, fuss,
ὠδίνοντα μήποτε λήγειν περὶ τοῦ σώματος
Pl. R. 407c
.
2. c. acc.,to be in travail with,
συμφορᾶς βάρος
S. Tr. 325
; τὴν καύχησιν τὴν σοφιστικήν
Epicur. Fr. 93
, cf. AP 9.578 ( Leo Phil. ) (whereὧνis in the case of the anteced. by attraction).
3. Causal,cause to quiver,as in travail, φωνὴ βροντῆς ὠδίνησε γῆν
LXX Si. 43.17(18)
cod. Alex.
