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|Definition=(<span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>211</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>313a</span>), ῖνος, ἡ: Ep. dat. pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ὠδίνεσσι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span> 92</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.61</span>, etc.: later nom. ὠδίν <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Is.</span>37.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Thess.</span>5.3</span>:— mostly in plural, [[ὠδῖνες]] = [[pang]]s or [[throe]]s of [[childbirth]], πικρὰς ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι <span class="bibl">Il. 11.271</span>; <b class="b3">τέκε . . ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν . . διδύμων σθένος υἱῶν</b> at a single [[birth]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.85</span>; πόνους ἐνεγκοῦσ' ἐν ὠδῖσι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>920</span> (lyr.); ἐν ὠδίνων λοχίαις ἀνάγκαισι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>89</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>452</span> (lyr.); αἱ δἰ ὠδίνων γοναί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>355</span>: also in sg., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.43</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>1.36</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>533</span> (lyr.); γυνὴ φεύγει πικρὰν ὠδῖνα παίδων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>932</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in sg. also, that which is [[born]] [[amid]] [[throe]]s, [[child]], παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ ὠδῖνα A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> <span class="bibl">1418</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.31</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">θαλλὸν ἱερὸν ἐλαίας, Λατοῦς ὠδῖνα</b> (fort. [[ὠδῖνι]]) φίλαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IT</span>1102</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἄπτερον ὠδῖνα τέκνων</b>, of young birds, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>1040</span>: pl., [[children]], AP7.549 (Leon.Alex.); <b class="b3">ὀρταλίχων ἁπαλὴ ὠδίς</b>, of eggs, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>165</span>; τοῦ ᾠοῦ ἐν ὠδῖνι ὄντος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>560b22</span>; <b class="b3">ὠδίς θαλάσσας</b>, of [[Aphrodite]], <span class="title">AP</span>9.386; <b class="b3">ὠδὶς μελίσσης</b>, of [[honey]], <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>5.228</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[travail]], [[anguish]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>211</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>770</span> (both sg.): also in plural, of [[love]], ἐμοὶ πικρὰς ὠδῖνας αὑτοῦ προσβαλὼν ἀποίχεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>574a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>251e</span>: freq. in <span class="bibl">[[LXX]], <span class="title">Ex.</span>15.14</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[fruit]] of the [[mind]]'s [[travail]], τῆς ἐμῆς ὠ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>25</span>; λόγων ὠδῖνες <span class="bibl">Him. <span class="title">Or.</span>18.3</span>; ἐπέων <span class="bibl">Tryph.117</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ὠδῖνες θανάτου]], [[ὠδῖνες ᾅδου]], the [[bond]]s of [[death]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">2 Ki.</span>22.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ps.</span>17(18).5</span>, <span class="bibl">6</span> (due to confusion of Heb. <b class="b2">ḥēbel</b> 'pang' with <b class="b2">ḥèbel</b> '[[cord]]'), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>2.24</span>.</span>