μοχθ-έω,
to be weary or worn with toil, to be sore distressed, ἀλλά μιν οἴω κήδεσι μοχθήσειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.106 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χείμωνι μόχθεντες (probably) μεγάλῳ μάλα [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.5; ὄμβροις ἡλίου τε καύμασι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 351; πόνοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 135 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 7th c.BC+]: absolutely, work hard, labour, κάματός ἐστι τοῖς αὐτοῖς μοχθεῖν καὶ ἄρχεσθαι [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 84, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 461, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 556, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39, etc.; χρημάτων ὕπερ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 580.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ χρηστοῖς (i.e. τέκνοις) [[ [prev. author] “Med.” 1104 (_anapaest meter_): with _accusative_ _cognate_, μ. μόχθους] Refs] undergo hardships, [[ [prev. author] “Hel.” 1446 ] Refs]; execute painful tasks, μ. πόνους [[ [prev. author] “Ion” 103 (_anapaest meter_); πολλὰ δὴ καὶ θερμὰ χερσὶ καὶ νώτοισι μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1047; πολλὰ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 281; πολλὰ περὶ τὴν στρατιὰν ἐμοχθησάτην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τάδε, ταῦτα μ., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 64, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 518, etc.; ἀνήνυτα μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 470 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαθήματα μ. toil at learning, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 815; μ. ἅπαντ᾽ ἐν οἰκίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative objecti, τέκνα.. ἁμόχθησα the children over whom I toiled, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 281 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. πόδα σὸν θεραπεύμασιν, ={θεραπεύειν}, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 1549 (Lyric poetry).] Refs] —Cf.μόχθος.