ἐκπονεῖν
From LSJ
Μεγάλη τυραννὶς ἀνδρὶ πλουσία (τέκνα καὶ) γυνή → Duxisse ditem, servitus magna est viro → Gar sehr tyrannisiert die reiche Frau den Mann
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐκπονέω): earn, acquire by labour, bring to perfection, bring to success by effort, carry through by effort, digest food, labor out, labour out, make by work, make perfect, win by labor, win by labour, work out, work up
Lexicon Thucydideum
elaborare, excolere, to work diligently at, cultivate, 3.38.2,
PASS. 6.31.3.