The corpus record

μογοστόκος

mogostokos

of birth-pangs

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Where it lives

Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

μογοσ-τόκος · mogos-tokos — LSJ

of birth-pangs

of birth-pangs, epith. of Eileithyiai (or -yia), Il. 11.270, 16.187, 19.103; of Artemis, Theoc. 27.30.

2 hard travail

μ. ὠδῖνες hard travail, Lyc. 829.

3 suffering hard travail

suffering hard travail, metaph., ἵππος, of the Wooden Horse, Tryph. 386.

4 bringing the pangs of travail

bringing the pangs of travail, ὥρα Nonn. D. 41.133; ἄσθμα κεραυνοῦ ib. 1.2.

In the wild

μογοστόκοι · mogostokoi Iliad 11.270
μογοστόκος · mogostokos Iliad 16.187
μογοστόκος · mogostokos Iliad 19.103

Where it came from

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