κάμνω

English (LSJ)

fut. κᾰμοῦμαι, καμῇ, A.Eu.881, S.Tr.1215;

   A καμεῖται Il.2.389, Pl.Lg.921e; Ep. inf. -έεσθαι A.R.3.580: aor. 2 ἔκᾰμον, Ep. κάμον Il.4.187,al.; inf. καμεῖν, Ep. subj. redupl. κεκάμω, κεκάμῃσι, κεκάμωσιν, Il.1.168, 17.658, 7.5 (but Aristarch. read κε κάμω, etc., prob. rightly): pf. κέκμηκα Il.6.262, etc.: plpf. ἐκεκμήκεσαν Th.3.98; Ep. part. κεκμηώς, κεκμηῶτι, κεκμηῶτα, Il.23.232, 6.261, Od.10.31; κεκμηότας Il.11.802; κεκμηῶτας is v.l. for κεκμηκότας in Th.3.59:— Med., aor. 2 ἐκᾰμόμην Od.9.130, Ep. καμ- Il.18.341.    I trans., work, μίτρη, τὴν Χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες wrought it, 4.187,216; ἐπεὶ πάνθ' ὅπλα κάμε 18.614; σκῆπτρον... τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε τεύχων 2.101, cf. 8.195; κ. νῆας Od.9.126; πέπλον Il.5.338, cf. Od.15.105; ἵππον 11.523; λέχος 23.189; ἄστυ build, A.R.1.1322: also in aor. Med., ἱρόν Id.2.718.    2 aor.Med., win by toil, τὰς (sc. γυναῖκας) αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα βίηφί τε δουρί τε μακρῷ Il.18.341.    3 aor.Med., labour, till, οἵ κέ σφιν καὶ νῆσον . . ἐκάμοντο Od.9.130; οἴκους Philet.8.    II intr., toil, labour, τινι for one, Od.14.65; ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Th.2.41: then, from the effect of continued work, to be weary, ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει Il.6.261, cf. 11.802: with acc. of the part, οὐδέ τι γυῖα . . κάμνει nor is he weary in limb, 19.170, etc.; περὶ δ' ἔγχεϊ Χεῖρα καμεῖται 2.389; ὁ δ' ἀριστερὸν ὦμον ἔκαμνεν 16.106: freq. c. part., κ. πολεμίζων, ἐλαύνοντες, ἐρεθίζων, is weary of fighting, rowing, etc., 1.168, 7.5, 17.658, etc.; οὐ μέν θην κάμετον . . ὀλλῦσαι Τρῶας 8.448; ἔκαμον δέ μοι ὄσσε πάντῃ παπταίνοντι Od.12.232; but οὐδέ τι τόξον δὴν ἔκαμον τανύων I did not long strain over stringing the bow, i.e. did it without effort, 21.426, cf. Il.8.22: later freq. with neg., οὔτοι καμοῦμαι . . λέγουσα I shall never be tired of saying, A.Eu.881; μὴ κάμῃς λέγων E.IA1143; οὐκ ἂν κάμοιμι τὰς κακὰς κτείνων Id.Or.1590; οὔποτε κάμοιμ' ἂν ὀρχουμένη Ar.Lys.541 (lyr.); κ. εὐεργετῶν, ἐπαινῶν, Pl.Grg.470c,Lg.921e: c. dat., κ. δαπάναις to grow tired in spending, spare expense, Pi.P.1.90.    2 to be hard-pressed, worsted, in battle or contest, ib.1.78,80; τὸ κάμνον στρατοῦ E.Supp. 709.    3 to be sick or suffering, τί πάσχεις; τί κάμνεις; Ar.Nu.708; οἱ κάμνοντες the sick, Hdt.1.197, cf. S.Ph.282, And.1.64, Pl.R.407c, Ep.Jac.5.15, etc.; of a doctor's patients, Hp.Acut.1, D.18.243, SIG943.10 (Cos); καμοῦσα ἀπέθανε having fallen sick, And.1.120: c. acc. cogn., κάμνειν νόσον E.Heracl.990, Pl.R.408e; [τὴν ποδάγραν] v.l. in Arist.HA604a23; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt.2.111; τὰ σώματα to be ill or distempered in body, Pl.Grg.478a; ὠσίν τε κὤμμασιν Herod.3.32; πάθᾳ Pi.P.8.48; νοσήμασι Arist.HA603a30; ἀπὸ τοῦ τραύματος Luc.Tox.60; ὑπὸ νόσου Hdn.3.14.2.    4 generally, to be distressed, meet with disaster, στρατοῦ καμόντος A.Ag.670; τῷ πεποιημένῳ κ. μεγάλως Hdt.1.118, cf. A.Ag.482 (lyr.), E.Med.1138, HF293; οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μέρος wilt not have to complain... S.Tr. 1215; κ. ἔν τινι E.Hec.306, IA966; of a ship, νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι A.Th.210: c. acc. cogn., οὐκ ἴσον καμὼν ἐμοὶ λύπης not having borne an equal share of grief, S.El.532.    5 in aor. part., of the dead, i. e. either outworn, or those whose work is done, or those who have met with disaster, οἳ ὑπένερθε καμόντας ἀνθρώπους τίνυσθον Il.3.278, cf.Theoc.17.49; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων Od.11.476; εἴδωλα κ. 24.14, Il.23.72, cf. A.Supp.231, etc.: also in pf. part. in Trag. and Prose, κεκμηκότες S.Fr.284, E.Supp.756, Th.3.59, Pl.Lg.718a, 927b, Arist.EN1101a35; ἱερὰ τῶν κ. E.Tr.96; also in the finite Verb, ὅπη ἄνθρωπος ἔκαμε Berl.Sitzb. 1927.158 (Cyrene).--The pf. is always intr. (Cf. Skt. śamnīte 'work hard', 'serve zealously', śamitár- 'sacrificing priest', Gr. εἰρο-κόμος, κομέω, κομίζω.)