ἐκπονεῖν

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.