The corpus record

ὑπερπον-έω

uperponeo

toil, labour beyond measure, undergo excessive strain, bear

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Where it lives

On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

ὑπερπον-έω · hyperpon-eō — LSJ

toil, labour beyond measure, undergo excessive strain

toil or labour beyond measure, undergo excessive strain, X. Mem. 1.2.4, Eq.Mag. 4.1; ὑ. τῷ πολέμῳ Plu. Nic. 21.

II bear, endure for

bear or endure for others, σφὼ δʼ ἀντʼ ἐκείνων τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακὰ ὑπερπονεῖτον S. OC 345; ὠδῖνας Pl. Lg. 717c.

in Med. c. gen. pers., τοῦδʼ ὑπερπονουμένῳ θανεῖν S. Aj. 1310.

In the wild

ὑπερπονούντων · hyperponountōn Plato, Laws 717
ὑπερπονουμένῳ · hyperponoumenōi Sophocles, Ajax 1310–1312
ὑπερπονεῖτον · hyperponeiton Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 342–344
ὑπερπονεῖν · hyperponein Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 59)
ὑπερπονοῦντας · hyperponountas Xenophon, On the Cavalry Commander 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 111)

Where it came from

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