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

  • ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ὣσ ὑπὸ βύρσαν ἔδυ πολυώδυνοσ ἰόσ, ἀλλ’ ἔπεσε προπάροιθε ποδῶν ἀνεμώλιοσ αὔτωσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 101)
  • ποῦ λαμπὰσ πολυώδυνοσ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2013)
  • ἦν ἄρα καὶ Νίκη πολυώδυνοσ, ἣν παρὰ θεσμὸν πατρίκιοσ ναύτησ ἡρ́πασεν ὡσ ἄνεμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 386 1:1)
  • Προσδοκίη θανάτου πολυώδυνόσ ἐστιν ἀνίη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 591)

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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