ταλαιπωρεῖσθαι
From LSJ
ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἐπιζητεῖν, εὑρίσκειν καί μή εἴκειν → to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield (Tennyson, Ulysses)
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ταλαιπωρέω): faint, flag, be distressed, be exhausted, be fatigued, be hard pressed, be hardpressed, be weary, be worn out