A.toil, hardship, distress, “ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ.” Hes.Sc.306; μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, Pi.O.8.7, N.5.48: freq. in Trag., A.Ch.921, S.Ph.480, etc.: also in pl., toils, troubles, hardships, A.Pr.541 (lyr.), etc.; of the labours of Heracles, S.Tr.1101, 1170; μ. τέκνων for them, E.Med.1261 (lyr.); μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασι Epigr. ap. Aeschin.3.184; Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, APl.4.178 (Antip. Sid.).—Rare in early Prose (not in Pl. or Oratt.), cf. “μ. καὶ ταλαιπωρίη” Democr.223; “ἐλευθέριοι μ.” X.Smp.2.4; “διὰ μόχθων” Id.Cyr.1.6.25: freq. in LXX, Ex.18.8, al.; “κόπος καὶ μ.” 1 Ep.Thess.2.9; μ. implies hardship, πόνος work (but μ. is said to be Cret. for “πόνος” AB1096).
μόχθ-ος , ὁ, = Homeric μόγος,