τᾰλαίπωρος, ον,
suffering, distressed, miserable, Θῆβαι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 197; βροτοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 233; ὦ ταλαίπωρ᾽ [prev. work] 317, compare 595 (Lyric poetry), 623, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 14, etc.; ἀνδρῶν γένος [prev. author] “fragment” 945; τ. ἄρα τις σύ γε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 302b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τ. hardihood, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 414 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; a hard life, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]“Aër.” 19. adverb -ρως[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 54, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of things, τ. βίος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 91; πράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 135; πάθος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 144; ταλαιπωρότερον οὐδέν ἐστι.. τῆς γαστρός 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 60.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]