κάματος
kamatos
toil, trouble
Appears 26 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κάματος, ὁ, (κάμνω) A. toil, trouble, ἄτερ καμάτοιο Od. 7.325; ἄνευ καμάτου P. 12.28; κ. ἵππων Fr. 192.6 (anap.); οὐδέποτʼ ἐκ καμάτων ἀποπαύσομαι El. 231, cf. 130 (both lyr.); of the pangs of childbirth, OT 174 (lyr.); εὐκάματος Ba. 67 (lyr.): pl., καμάτων ἅλις AP 9.359 ( or ): rare in early Prose, κ. ἐστι τοῖς αὐτοῖς μοχθεῖν 84, cf. 111; of the pains of disease, de Arte 3 (pl.); κ. ὁ πολύς Herm. 71; freq. later, Mu. 397b23, OGI 717.8 (pl., iii A.D.), POxy. 913.15 (pl., V A.D.). 2. the effect of toil, weariness, ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κ. Il. 4.230, cf. 13.85,711, etc.; κ. πολυᾶϊξ γυῖα δέδυκεν 5.811; αἴθρῳ καὶ κ. δεδμημένον Od. 14.318; ὕπνῳ καὶ κ. ἀρημένος 6.2; κ. τε καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἔδοντες 9.75, cf. Supp. 19.4, etc.: in Prose, 26.8, 1.1, Or. 2.87b. 3. illness, 85.10 (= 29 Diehl): pl., 10.53. II. the product of toil, ἡμέτερος κ., viz. the pigs we have reared, Od. 14.417; ἀλλότριον κ. σφετέρην ἐς γαστέρʼ ἀμῶνται Th. 599, cf. 925; τόρνου κ. a thing wrought by the lathe, Fr. 57.3 (anap.), cf. AP 6.206 (Antip. Sid.); κ. μελίσσης, of honey, Al. 71 (pl.), cf. 144.
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