ταλαιπωρία

English (LSJ)

Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

   A hard labour, Hp.Aër.21, Gal.15.620,741; also simply, regular use, exercise, τῆς χειρός Hp.Art.53.    2 hardship, distress, Th.4.117; τῇ τοῦ σώματος τ. And.2.17; ἡ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τ. Plb.3.17.8; ἡ περὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα τ. Phld.Oec.p.53 J.: pl., ταλαιπωρίας ἐνδέκεσθαι Hdt.6.11; τετρυμένοι . . ταλαιπωρίῃσί τε καὶ ἡλίῳ ib.12.    3 bodily suffering or pain, caused by disease, Th.2.49.