Bible Lexicons

ὠδίνω

[ῑ], used by early writers only in pres.: fut. ὠδῑνήσω LXX Habakkuk 3:10 : aor. ὤδῑνα AP 7.561 (Jul.Aeg.), Opp. C. 1.5, Jul. Or. 2.56d; ὠδίνησα LXX Psalms 7:15 : — so aor. Med. and Pass., ὠδινησάμην, -ήθην, Aq. Psalms 114:7(113).7, Proverbs 8:25 : —

to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail, ὡς δ' ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα Il. 11.269; ὠδίνειν τρομέω· χαλεπὸν βέλος Εἰλειθυίας Theoc. 27.29, cf. Ar. Th. 502, Ec. 529, Hp. Epid. 5.25, Pl. R. 395e, etc.

2. c. acc., to be in travail of a child, bring forth, E. IA 1234, LXX Ca. 8.5: of animals, ὠ. νεοττούς Ael. NA 2.46: prov., ὤδινεν ὄρος Luc. Hist.Conscr. 23.

II metaph. of any great pain, to be in travail or anguish, of the Cyclops, στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι Od. 9.415; Κύπριδι AP 7.30 (Antip.Sid.); labour painfully, ὠδίνουσι μέλισσαι ib. 9.363.22 (Mel. (?)); of the mind, to be in the throes or agonies of thought, Pl. Tht. 148e, al.; κυοῦμέν τε καὶ ὠ. περὶ ἐπιστήμης ib. 210b; ὑπὲρ δισσῶν μίαν ὠδίνειν ψυχήν E. Hipp. 258 (anap.); ὥστε μ' ὠδίνειν τί φῄς what you mean, S. Aj. 794, cf. E. Heracl. 644; ὠδίνειν εἴς τι to long painfully for a thing, Hld. 5.32: c. inf., Id. 2.21, Him. Ecl. 13.38, Or. 4.1: c. acc., Hld. 10.31; ἔξοδον Chor. 42.20 p.517 F.-R. worry, fuss, ὠδίνοντα μήποτε λήγειν περὶ τοῦ σώματος Pl. R. 407c.

2. c. acc., to be in travail with, συμφορᾶς βάρος S. Tr. 325; τὴν καύχησιν τὴν σοφιστικήν Epicur. Fr. 93, cf. AP 9.578 (Leo Phil.) (where ὧν is in the case of the anteced. by attraction).

3. Causal, cause to quiver, as in travail, φωνὴ βροντῆς ὠδίνησε γῆν LXX Si. 43.17(18) cod. Alex.