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πόνος , , (πένομαι)
3. of special kinds of labour, bodily exertion, exercise,στρατιωτικοὶ π.X.Cyr.3.3.9; of exertions in the games, Hes.Sc.305, Pi.N.4.1, l.4(3).47, etc.; γυμνάσια . . , νεανιᾶν (prob.) πόνον the scene of youthful labours, E.Hel.211 (lyr.); “εἰναλίοισι πόνοισιTheoc.21.39.
4. work, task, business,ἐπεὶ π. ἄλλος ἔπειγενOd.11.54; enterprise, undertaking, S.Ph.864 (lyr.), etc.
5. implements for labour, stock-in-trade,οὗτος τοῖς ἁλιεῦσιν πᾶς πόνοςTheoc.21.14; καὶ πόνος ἐντὶ θάλασσα the sea is their workshop, Mosch.Fr.1.10.
2. pain, esp. physical, “δύο π. ἅμα γενομένων, μὴ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον, σφοδρότερος ἀμαυροῖ τὸν ἕτερονHp.Aph.2.46, cf. Erot. s.v. πόνοι, Gal.17(2).699; “π. ἐν κεφαλῇHp.Acut.(Sp.) 40; “ἐς τὰ ἄρθρα πόνοιId.Aph.4.44,45, cf. Sor.1.27, al.; “π. ἐς ἀμφοτέρας κνήμαςHp. Epid.1.26.γ́, cf. δ́, al., LXX Ge.34.25; distd. from λύπη (pain in general), Alex.Aphr.Quaest.125.33; but sts. = λύπη, Epicur.Ep.3p.65U., Sent.Vat.4, Fr.442, Phld.Mus.p.72K.
III. anything produced by work, a work, μελισσᾶν τρητὸς π., of honey, Pi.P.6.54; “ὑψηλὸς τεκτόνων π.A.Fr.357, cf. E.Or.1570; ἐμὸς ὠδίνων π., of a child, Id.Ph.30; so, πόνον ὀρταλίχων ὀλέσαντες, i.e. the nestlings, A.Ag.54 (anap.); τοὺς ἡμετέρους π. the fruits of our labour, X.An.7.6.9.
IV. Πόνος personified as son of Eris, Hes.Th.226.
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