ὀδῠν-ηρός,
Doric dialect ὀδῠν-ᾱρός, ά, όν, painful, ἕλκος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.91, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 231; -ότατα πάθη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 525c; -ότατον τραῦμα 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “contra Galilaeos” 160d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ρῶς[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 609b25 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.837a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 distressing, γῆρας [[ 6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 1.5; πᾶς.. ὀ. βίος ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 189 (_anapaest meter_); -ότερος βίοτος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 526; ὀ. πλοῦτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 566, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Lib” p.15] Refs 6th c.BC+] O.; ὀδυνηρόν ἐστιν with infinitive, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 655. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]