μόχθ-ος, ὁ,
= Homeric μόγος, toil, hardship, distress, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 306 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.7, “N.” 5.48: frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 921, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 480, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, toils, troubles, hardships, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 541 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.; of the labours of Heracles, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1101, 1170 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τέκνων for them, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1261 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασι epigram cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.184 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, [[ “APl.” 4.178 (Antip. Sid.).—Rare in early Prose (not in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus or Oratt.), compare μ. καὶ ταλαιπωρίη 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 223; ἐλευθέριοι μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.4; διὰ μόχθων [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.25: frequently in LXX, LXX.Exo.18.8, +others; κόπος καὶ μ. NT.1Thes.2.9 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; μ. implies hardship, πόνος work (but μ. is said to be Cretan dialect for πόνος [[ “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 1096). ] Refs]