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ὀδυ?́ν-η , ,
2. pain of mind, grief, distress, once in Il., . Ἡρακλῆος grief for him, 15.25 : more freq. in Od., always in pl., “ὀδύνας τε γόους τε κάλλιπεν1.242 ; “ὀδύνας ἐμβάλλετε θυμῷ2.79,al. : after Hom. the pl. was most common in both senses, . δυσαπάλλακτοι, ἄλληκτοι, S.Tr.959, 986(both lyr.); “ὀδύναις πεφυσιγγωμένοιAr.Ach.526 ; opp. φιλότητες, Antipho Soph.49 ; “σφαδᾳσμῶν τε καὶ ὀδυνῶνPl.R.579e, cf. 574a, al.: but the sg.also occurs, “ἐξ ὀλίγης . μέγα γίνεται ἄλγοςSol.12.59 ; γλώσσας . pain caused by the tongue, S.Ph.1142, cf. 827 (both lyr.), Tr.975 (anap.) ; “. σε εἴληφεX.Smp.1.15 ; “. μ᾽ ἔχειLyr.Alex.Adesp.1.3 ; “μετ᾽ ὀδύνηςMen.706 ; τοῖς νενικημένοις ὀδύνη,=Lat. vae victis! Plu.Cam.28. (Perh. from ἐδ- ὀδ- 'eat', cf. “θυμὸν ἔδωνOd.10.379 : the Aeolians called τὰς ὀδύνας ἐδύνας acc. to Greg.Cor.p.597 S.
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