ὠδίνω (odino)

Where it lives

Galatians 2 · 9.15/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Isaias 7 · 2.66/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Theaetetus 4 · 1.78/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Revelation 1 · 1.01/10k
Jeremias 2 · 0.72/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail

to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail, ὡς δʼ ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα Il. 11.269; ὠδίνειν τρομέω· χαλεπὸν βέλος Εἰλειθυίας Theoc. 27.29, cf. Ar. Th. 502, Ec. 529, Hp. Epid. 5.25, Pl. R. 395e, etc.

2 to be in travail of, bring forth

c. acc., to be in travail of a child, bring forth, E. IA 1234, LXX Ca. 8.5: of animals, ὠ. νεοττούς Ael. NA 2.46: prov., ὤδινεν ὄρος Luc. Hist.Conscr. 23.

II to be in travail, anguish, labour painfully, to be in the throes, agonies of thought, to long painfully

metaph. of any great pain, to be in travail or anguish, of the Cyclops, στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι Od. 9.415; Κύπριδι AP 7.30 (Antip.Sid.); labour painfully, ὠδίνουσι μέλισσαι ib. 9.363.22 (Mel. (?)); of the mind, to be in the throes or agonies of thought, Pl. Tht. 148e, al.; κυοῦμέν τε καὶ ὠ. περὶ ἐπιστήμης ib. 210b; ὑπὲρ δισσῶν μίαν ὠδίνειν ψυχήν E. Hipp. 258 (anap.); ὥστε μʼ ὠδίνειν τί φῄς what you mean, S. Aj. 794, cf. E. Heracl. 644; ὠδίνειν εἴς τι to long painfully for a thing, Hld. 5.

b worry, fuss

worry, fuss, ὠδίνοντα μήποτε λήγειν περὶ τοῦ σώματος Pl. R. 407c.

2 to be in travail with

c. acc., to be in travail with, συμφορᾶς βάρος S. Tr. 325; τὴν καύχησιν τὴν σοφιστικήν Epicur. Fr. 93, cf. AP 9.578 (Leo Phil.) (where ὧν is in the case of the anteced. by attraction).

3 cause to quiver

Causal, cause to quiver, as in travail, φωνὴ βροντῆς ὠδίνησε γῆν LXX Si. 43.17(18) cod. Alex.

In the wild

ὠδίνοντος · ōdinontos Epictetus, Discourses 1.22 (DIORISIS sentence 1170)
ὠδίνειν · ōdinein Epictetus, Discourses 1.29 (DIORISIS sentence 1686)
ὠδίνουςʼ · ōdinousʼ Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 758)
ὠδίνουσαν · ōdinousan Iliad 11.269
ὠδίνω · ōdinō New Testament, Galatians 4.18 (DIORISIS sentence 96)
ὠδίνουσα · ōdinousa New Testament, Galatians 4.27 (DIORISIS sentence 105)

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Where it came from

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