1. μόχθος · mochthos — Beekes
exertion, difficulty, distress, misery
The corpus record
μόχθ-ος
mochthos
exertion, difficulty, distress, misery
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Distribution
- Ecclesiastes 22 · 48.63/10k
- Prometheus Bound 8 · 13.61/10k
- 2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
- Libation Bearers 4 · 7.44/10k
- 1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
- Bacchae 5 · 6.65/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 5 · 6.03/10k
- Electra 4 · 5.29/10k
- Helen 5 · 5.11/10k
- Ion 4 · 4.37/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- Trojan Women 3 · 4.24/10k
Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μόχθος · mochthos — Chantraine
m
3. μόχθ-ος · mochth-os — LSJ
toil, hardship, distress
Attestations
- μόχθον · mochthon Shield of Heracles 306
- μόχθον · mochthon Herodotus, Histories 1.206.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1470)
- μόχθους · mochthous Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 350–353
- μόχθων · mochthōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 98–100
- μόχθοις · mochthois Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 244–245
- μόχθων · mochthōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 313–316
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