ὠδίνειν
From LSJ
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ὠδίνω): be in labour, be in the throes of labor, be in the throes of labour, be in travail