throe

From LSJ

πένης ὢν τὴν γυναῖκα χρήματα λαβὼν ἔχει δέσποιναν, οὐ γυναῖκ' ἔτι → a poor man getting rich turns his wife into his boss, not his wife any more

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substantive

V. ὠδίς, ἡ; see pain, labour.

be in the throes of labour, v.: P. and V. ὠδίνειν (Plato); see under labour.

be in the throes of v.: Met., P. and V. κάμνειν (dat.), συνέχεσθαι (dat.), συνεῖναι (dat.).