ὠδίνω

ὠδίνω [ῑ], used by early writers only in pres.: fut. ὠδῑνήσω LXX Hb. 3.10: aor. ὤδῑνα AP 7.561 (Jul.Aeg.), Opp. C. 1.5, Jul. Or. 2.56d; ὠδίνησα LXX Ps. 7.15:—so aor. Med. and Pass., ὠδινησάμην, -ήθην, Aq. Ps. 113(114).7, Pr. 8.25:—

• to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail, ὡς δʼ ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα Il. 11.269; ὠδίνειν τρομέω· χαλεπὸν βέλος Εἰλειθυίας Theoc. 27.29, cf. Ar. Th. 502, Ec. 529, Hp. Epid. 5.25, Pl. R. 395e, etc.
• • • 2 c. acc., to be in travail of a child, bring forth, E. IA 1234, LXX Ca. 8.5: of animals, ὠ. νεοττούς Ael. NA 2.46: prov., ὤδινεν ὄρος Luc. Hist.Conscr. 23.
  • II metaph. of any great pain, to be in travail or anguish, of the Cyclops, στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι Od. 9.415; Κύπριδι AP 7.30 (Antip.Sid.); labour painfully, ὠδίνουσι μέλισσαι ib. 9.363.22 (Mel. (?)); of the mind, to be in the throes or agonies of thought, Pl. Tht. 148e, al.; κυοῦμέν τε καὶ ὠ. περὶ ἐπιστήμης ib. 210b; ὑπὲρ δισσῶν μίαν ὠδίνειν ψυχήν E. Hipp. 258 (anap.); ὥστε μʼ ὠδίνειν τί φῄς what you mean, S. Aj. 794, cf. E. Heracl. 644; ὠδίνειν εἴς τι to long painfully for a thing, Hld. 5.32: c. inf., Id. 2.21, Him. Ecl. 13.38, Or. 4.1: c. acc., Hld. 10.31; ἔξοδον Chor. 42.20 p.517 F.-R.
  • • • b worry, fuss, ὠδίνοντα μήποτε λήγειν περὶ τοῦ σώματος Pl. R. 407c.
    • 2 c. acc., to be in travail with, συμφορᾶς βάρος S. Tr. 325; τὴν καύχησιν τὴν σοφιστικήν Epicur. Fr. 93, cf. AP 9.578 (Leo Phil.) (where ὧν is in the case of the anteced. by attraction).
    • 3 Causal, cause to quiver, as in travail, φωνὴ βροντῆς ὠδίνησε γῆν LXX Si. 43.17(18) cod. Alex.

ὠδίνω, 1) Geburtsschmerzen, Geburtswehen haben, unter Schmerzen gebären, u. übh. gebären ; Il. 11.269 ; Eur. I.A. 1234 ; Ar. Th. 502 ; Sp., ὠδίνουσι γυναῖκες Plut. Thes. 20 ; τὸν ὠδίνοντα λόχον Lycophr. 342. – mit Mühe arbeiten, Mel. 110 (IX.363), Col. 97.
2) übh. heftige Schmerzen empfinden, στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσιν Od. 9.415 vom Zyklopen ; sich ängstigen, ὥστε μʼ ὠδίνειν τί φῄς Soph. Aj. 781 ; αἰὲν ὠδίνουσα συμφορᾶς βάρος Trach. 324.
3) übertr., mit Etwas schwanger gehen, Etwas im Sinne haben, Etwas vorhaben ; Plat. Theaet. 148c, 210b ; c. inf., Hel. 2.21.

ὠδίνω

[ὠδίς.]

• • 1

    To suffer pain, be in agony : στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσιν (in agony of anguish) Od. 9.415.

  • 2

    To suffer the pains of child-birth : ὠδίνουσαν γυναῖκα (in labour) Il. 11.269.

ὠδίνω : writhe with pain, be in pain, travail, Il. 11.269.

ὠδίνω ὠδί_νω, mostly in pres.

• • Ito have the pains or throes of childbirth, to be in travail or labour, Il., Plat., etc.
  • • 2c. acc. to be in travail of a child, to bring forth, Eur.
  • IImetaph. of any great pain, to be in travail or anguish, Od., Eur.: to work hard, to travail, of bees, Anth.:—of the mind, ὥστε μʼ ὠδίνειν τί φῄς so that I am in an agony as to what you mean, Soph.
  • • 2c. acc. to be in travail with a thing, c. acc., Soph., Anth. from ὠδίς