A.painful, οὖρα f.l. for πέπονα in Hp.Prorrh.59 (ap.Gal.); “θάνατοι” Phld.Ir.p.30 W.; “ἐπιθυμία” Epicur.Fr.457; toilsome, laborious, “λατρεία” S.Tr.829 (lyr.); ἀσχολία, ἄσκησις, φυλακή, Th.1.70, 2.39, 8.11; γῆρας wearisome, Pl.R.329d (but in good sense, ἔργα ἐξειργασμένοι καλὰ καὶ ἐ. Id.Lg.801e, cf. X. Cyr.8.1.29 (Sup.)); βίος ib.2.3.11; “μαθήσεις καὶ μελέται” Id.Cyn.12.15; ἁμέρα day of sorrow, S.Tr.654 (lyr.): Comp. πρᾶξις -ωτέρα καὶ “ἐπικινδυνοτέρα” X.An.1.3.19; “-ώτερον <ἔργον> οὐκ εἴληφ᾽ ἐγώ” Alex. 195; “οὐδὲν διαβολῆς ἐστιν -ώτερον” Men.576: Sup. “παιδεία -ωτάτη” Pl. R.450c; τὸ ἐπίπονον toil, X.Cyn.l.c.; τὰ ἐ. Arist.EN1116a14; ἐπίπονόν [ἐστι] τὴν δύσκλειαν ἀφανίσαι 'tis a hard task to . . , Th.3.58.
2.. of persons, laborious, patient of toil, Ar.Ra.1370 (lyr.), Pl.Phdr.229d; also, sensitive to fatigue, easily exhausted, Thphr.Sens.11.
3.. of omens, portending suffering, X.An.6.1.23.
II.. Adv. -νως with suffering, Hp.Epid.1.1; with difficulty, “εὑρίσκεσθαι” Th.1.22; ζῆν (opp. τρυφᾶν) Arist.Pol.1265a34; “ἐ. καὶ καλῶς τινα θεραπεύειν” Isoc.19.11; “βιώσεται” X.Mem.1.7.2, etc.: Comp. “-ώτερον, διακονεῖν” Arched.3.8: Sup. “-ώτατα, ζῆν” X.Cyr.7.5.67.