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|Definition=(A.''Ch.''211, Pl.''Ep.''313a), ῖνος, ἡ: Ep. dat. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὠδίνεσσι ''h.Ap.'' 92, Theoc.17.61, etc.: later nom. ὠδίν [[LXX]] ''Is.''37.3, ''1 Ep.Thess.''5.3:—mostly in plural, [[ὠδῖνες]] = [[pang]]s or [[throe]]s of [[childbirth]], πικρὰς ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι Il. 11.271; <b class="b3">τέκε.. ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν.. διδύμων σθένος υἱῶν</b> at a single [[birth]], Pi.''P.''9.85; πόνους ἐνεγκοῦσ' ἐν ὠδῖσι E.''Supp.''920 (lyr.); ἐν ὠδίνων λοχίαις ἀνάγκαισι Id.''Ba.''89 (lyr.), cf. ''Ion''452 (lyr.); αἱ δἰ ὠδίνων γοναί Id.''Ph.''355: also in sg., Pi.''O.''6.43, ''N.''1.36, S.''OC''533 (lyr.); γυνὴ φεύγει πικρὰν ὠδῖνα παίδων Id.''Fr.''932.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in sg. also, that which is [[born]] [[amid]] [[throe]]s, [[child]], παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ ὠδῖνα A.''Ag.'' 1418, cf. Pi.''O.''6.31, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 45; <b class="b3">θαλλὸν ἱερὸν ἐλαίας, Λατοῦς ὠδῖνα</b> (fort. [[ὠδῖνι]]) φίλαν Id.''IT''1102 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἄπτερον ὠδῖνα τέκνων</b>, of young birds, Id.''HF''1040: pl., [[children]], AP7.549 (Leon.Alex.); <b class="b3">ὀρταλίχων ἁπαλὴ ὠδίς</b>, of eggs, Nic.''Al.''165; τοῦ ᾠοῦ ἐν ὠδῖνι ὄντος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''560b22; <b class="b3">ὠδίς θαλάσσας</b>, of [[Aphrodite]], ''AP''9.386; <b class="b3">ὠδὶς μελίσσης</b>, of [[honey]], [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 5.228, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[travail]], [[anguish]], A.''Ch.''211, ''Supp.''770 (both sg.): also in plural, of [[love]], ἐμοὶ πικρὰς ὠδῖνας αὑτοῦ προσβαλὼν ἀποίχεται S.''Tr.''42, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 574a, ''Phdr.''251e: freq. in [[LXX]], ''Ex.''15.14, al., ''Ev.Matt.''24.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fruit]] of the [[mind]]'s [[travail]], τῆς ἐμῆς ὠ. Luc.''Dem.Enc.''25; λόγων ὠδῖνες Him. ''Or.''18.3; ἐπέων Tryph.117.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ὠδῖνες θανάτου]], [[ὠδῖνες ᾅδου]], the [[bond]]s of [[death]], [[LXX]] ''2 Ki.''22.6, ''Ps.''17(18).5, 6 (due to confusion of Heb. ḥēbel 'pang' with ḥèbel '[[cord]]'), cf. ''Act.Ap.''2.24.