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τᾰλαιπωρ-έω

talaiporeo

do hard work, endure hardship

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Where it lives

  • Joel 2 · 12.99/10k
  • Zacharias 3 · 6.22/10k
  • James 1 · 5.85/10k
  • Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
  • Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
  • Jeremias 6 · 2.16/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
  • History 16 · 1.07/10k
  • Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
  • Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k
  • Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

do hard work, endure hardship, distress, suffer by reason of

do hard work, endure hardship or distress, E. Or. 672, Th. 1.99, 5.74; ὑπὸ χειμῶνος Id. 2.101; ἑωυτοῖσι for their own benefit, Hp. Aër. 16; ἐθέλουσα ταλαιπωρεῖν Antipho 5.93; τῷ σώματι ἀδύνατος ταλαιπωρεῖν Lys. 31.12; λυποῦνται καὶ συνεχῶς ταλαιπωροῦσι D. 2.16: c. dat., suffer by reason of, ἐλπίσι κεναῖς Polystr. p.31 W.

II distress, trouble, did, trouble, to be distressed, suffer hardship, worn out, being distressed

rarely trans., distress, trouble, ὁ πόλεμος πάντας τρόπους τεταλαιπώρηκεν ἡμᾶς Isoc. 8.19, cf. D.C. 38.20; ἀνδρὸς . . ὑμᾶς μηδʼ ὅσον προπέμψαι ποι αὐτὸν ἀπιόντα . . -ήσαντος who did not trouble you even to . . , Id. 56.41:—freq. in Pass., to be distressed, suffer hardship, Hp. Aër. 19, Th. 3.78 (s.v.l.), Pl. Phd. 95d, R. 372d; ἐν τοῖς ἀγροῖς . . ταλαιπωρουμένους Ar. Pl. 224; ἵνα μὴ ταλαιπωροῖτο μηδʼ ἄχθος φέροι Id. Ra. 24, cf. V. 967; τεταλαιπωρημένοι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου worn out by . . , Th. 3.3; τῷ

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Where it came from

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