Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυώδυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυώδυνος πολυώδυνον

Structure: πολυωδυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)du/nh

Sense

  1. very painful
  2. suffering great pain

Examples

  • εἰσ εἰκόνα Φιλοκτήτου καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ Τρηχῖνοσ ἰδὼν πολυώδυνον ἡρ́ω, τόνδε Φιλοκτήτην ἔγραφε Παρράσιοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1111)

Synonyms

  1. very painful

  2. suffering great pain

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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