ὠδίνω

English (LSJ)

[ῑ], used by early writers only in pres.: fut.

   A ὠδῑνήσω LXX Hb.3.10: aor. ὤδῑνα AP7.561 (Jul.Aeg.), Opp.C.1.5, Jul.Or.2.56d; ὠδίνησα LXXPs.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 δ' 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.IA1234, LXXCa.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 AP7.30 (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 μ' 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. AP9.578 (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.