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μόχθος

μόχθος, toil, hard work hardship, distress, trouble

μόχθ-ος, ὁ, = Homeric μόγος,
  • toil, hardship, distress, ἀμφὶ δʼ ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ. Hes. Sc. 306; μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, Pi. O. 8.7, N. 5.48: freq. in Trag., A. Ch. 921, S. Ph. 480, etc.: also in pl., toils, troubles, hardships, A. Pr. 541 (lyr.), etc.; of the labours of Heracles, S. Tr. 1101, 1170; μ. τέκνων for them, E. Med. 1261 (lyr.); μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασι Epigr. ap. Aeschin. 3.184; Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, APl. 16.178 (Antip. Sid.).—Rare in early Prose (not in Pl. or Oratt.), cf. μ. καὶ ταλαιπωρίη Democr. 223; ἐλευθέριοι μ. X. Smp. 2.4; διὰ μόχθων Id. Cyr. 1.6.25: freq. in LXX, Ex. 18.8, al.; κόπος καὶ μ. 1 Ep.Thess. 2.9; μ. implies hardship, πόνος work (but μ. is said to be Cret. for πόνος AB 1096).

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