μογέω

mogeo

toil, suffer

Appears 33 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μογέω, Il. 11.636, al. (part.); Lacon. 1pl. μογίομες Ar. Lys. 1002: Ep. impf. μογέεσκον Nonn. D. 1.312, al., AP 9.442 (Agath.): Ep. aor. μόγησα Il. 9.492, al.: Ep. pf. part. μεμογηώς Nic. Th. 830, Al. 529: (μόγος):—A. poet. Verb, toil, suffer, in Hom. usu. with a cogn. acc., ὅσσα γε . . θεῶν ἰότητι μόγησα Od. 7.214; μάλα πόλλʼ ἔπαθον καὶ πολλʼ ἐμόγησα Il. 9.492; πολλὰ μογήσας 2.690, etc.; τῷ ἔπʼ ἄλγεα πολλὰ μογήσῃ for whom he suffers . . , Od. 16.19, cf. Il. 1.162; ὅσα . . ἐμόγησεν ἀμφʼ ἐμοί Od. 4.152; εἵνεκʼ ἐμεῖο πολέας ἐμόγησεν ἀέθλους ib.170, cf. Hes. Th. 997, Thgn. 71: abs. in part., ἐξ ἔργων μογέοντες tired after work, Od. 24.388: hence nearly = μόγις, with pain or trouble, hardly, μογέων ἀποκινήσασκε Il. 11.636; θέσαν μογέοντες 12.29. 2. in Trag., suffer pain, be distressed, συμπονήσατε τῷ νῦν μογοῦντι A. Pr. 277; μὴ παίσας μογῇς Id. Ag. 1624; μογοῦντα πλευρά in the side, E. Alc. 849: c. dat., δυστοκίαις μ. Call. Del. 242 (-τοκέες codd.); κέντρῳ Nic. Th. 830: metaph., χαλκοῖο πάλαι μεμογηότος ἄνθην having lost its sheen, Id. Al. 529. II. trans., labour at, ὁ λιθουργὸς . . ἐμόγησε κόρας Posidipp. ap. Tz. H. 7.662.
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