τείρω (cf. tero), ipf. ἔτειρε, τεῖρε, pass. ipf. (ἐ)τείρετο:
wear out or away, only met.,
weary, exhaust, distress, of age, hunger, troubles,
Il. 4.315, Il. 15.61, Od. 1.342; freq.
the pass., be worn, hard pressed, afflicted, Il. 6.387.