μογοστόκος
mogostokos
of birth-pangs
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μογοστόκος, ον, goddess A. of birth-pangs, epith. of Eileithyiai (or -yia), Il. 11.270, 16.187, 19.103; of Artemis, 27.30. 2. μ. ὠδῖνες hard travail, 829. 3. suffering hard travail, metaph., ἵππος, of the Wooden Horse, 386. 4. bringing the pangs of travail, ὥρα D. 41.133; ἄσθμα κεραυνοῦ ib.1.2.
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