toil, trouble
κᾰ́μᾰτ-ος,ὁ, (κάμνω)
A. toil, trouble, ἄτερ καμάτοιο
Od. 7.325
; ἄνευ καμάτου
Pi. P. 12.28
; κ. ἵππων
A. Fr. 192.6
(anap.); οὐδέποτ' ἐκ καμάτων ἀποπαύσομαι
S. El. 231
, cf. 130 (both lyr.); of the pangs of childbirth, Id. OT 174 (lyr.); εὐκάματος
E. Ba. 67
(lyr.): pl., καμάτων ἅλις
AP 9.359
( Posidipp. or Pl.Com. ): rare in early Prose, κ. ἐστι τοῖς αὐτοῖς μοχθεῖν
Heraclit. 84
, cf. 111 ; of thepainsof disease, Hp. de Arte 3 (pl.); κ. ὁ πολύς
Luc. Herm. 71
; freq. later, Arist. Mu. 397b23 , OGI 717.8 (pl.,iii A.D.), POxy. 913.15 (pl., V A.
D. ).
2. the effect of toil, weariness,ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κ. Il. 4.230 , cf. 13.85 , 711 , etc.; κ. πολυάϊξ γυῖα δέδυκεν
5.811
; αἴθρῳ καὶ κ. δεδμημένον
Od. 14.318
; ὕπνῳ καὶ κ. ἀρημένος
6.2
; κ. τε καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἔδοντες
9.75
, cf. Sapph. Supp. 19.4 , etc.: in Prose, Aen.Tact. 26.8 , Parth. 1.1 , Jul. Or. 2.87b .
3. illness, Simon. 85.10 (= Semon. 29 Diehl): pl., D.H. 10.53 .
II. the product of toil,ἡμέτερος κ., viz. the pigs we have reared, Od. 14.417 ; ἀλλότριον κ. σφετέρην ἐς γαστέρ' ἀμῶνται
Hes. Th. 599
, cf. Thgn. 925 ;τόρνου κ.a thing wroughtby the lathe, A. Fr. 57.3 (anap.), cf. AP 6.206 (Antip. Sid.);κ. μελίσσης, of honey, Nic. Al. 71 (pl.), cf. 144 .
