μόχθ-ος,ὁ,=Homericμόγος,
A. toil, hardship, distress, ἀμφὶ δ' ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ.
Hes. Sc. 306
;μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, Pi. O. 8.7 , N. 5.48 : freq. in Trag., A. Ch. 921 , S. Ph. 480 , etc.: also in pl.,toils, troubles, hardships, A. Pr. 541 (lyr.), etc.; of thelaboursof Heracles, S. Tr. 1101 , 1170 ;μ. τέκνων forthem, E. Med. 1261 (lyr.);μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασιEpigr. ap. Aeschin. 3.184 ;Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, APl. 4.178 (Antip. Sid.).—Rare in early Prose (not in Pl. or Oratt.), cf. μ. καὶ ταλαιπωρίη
Democr. 223
; ἐλευθέριοι μ.
X. Smp. 2.4
; διὰ μόχθων
Id. Cyr. 1.6.25
: freq. in LXX,Ex. 18.8 , al.; κόπος καὶ μ.
1 Ep.Thess. 2.9
;μ.implieshardship,πόνος work(butμ.is said to be Cret. for πόνος
AB 1096