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πολύπονος

πολύπονος, much-labouring, much-suffering

πολῠπον-ος, ον, of men,
  • much-labouring, much-suffering, as a general epith. of mankind, π. ἄνδρες Pi. N. 1.33; βροτοί A. Supp. 382 (lyr.), E. Or. 175 (lyr.), etc.; -ωτάτη βροτῶν Id. Hec. 722, cf. Ar. Th. 1023 codd.; laborious, Puchstein Epigr.Gr. p.7.
      • 2 of things, painful, toilsome, δόρυ A. Pers. 320; [τόξα] S. Ph. 777; αἰκία Id. El. 515 (lyr.); ἀνάγκαι E. Or. 1011 (lyr.); νοῦσος Hp. Aff. 23; κρυπτεία π. πρὸς τὰς καρτερήσεις Pl. Lg. 633b; διʼ ἐμὸν ὄνομα π. (i.e. Helenʼs) E. Hel. 199 (lyr.). Adv. -νως Plu. Alex. 63, Phalar. Ep. 34.

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