πονέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πονέω
Structure:
πονέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to work hard, do work, suffer toil, were busied, was busy
- to be in distress, to distress oneself, to suffer, be sick
- to work hard at, to make or do with pains or care
- to toil, labour, to labour, do
- to go through, suffer
- to labour, be hard-pressed, suffer, to be worn out, spoilt
- to afflict, distress, to be worn out, to suffer greatly
- to be trained or educated
- to gain by toil or labour, to be won or achieved by toil
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τί πονεῖσ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests25)
- εἶτα ἵνα πλησίον γένῃ τῆσ εὐδαιμονίασ ‐ δώσω γὰρ τοῦτό σοι ‐ τοσαῦτα πονεῖσ κατατρύχων σεαυτόν, καὶ παραδεδράμηκε σε ὁ βίοσ ὁ τοσοῦτοσ ἐν ἀκηδίᾳ καὶ καμάτῳ καὶ ἀγρυπνίαισ κάτω νενευκότα; (Lucian, 159:6)
- λέγ’ ὅ τι πονεῖσ. (Sophocles, Ichneutae 14:2)
- τίπτε μάτην, ἄνθρωπε, πονεῖσ καὶ πάντα ταράσσεισ, κλήρῳ δουλεύων τῷ κατὰ τὴν γένεσιν; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 771)
- τί δὲ καὶ λύχνον ἅπτεισ καὶ πονεῖσ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν καὶ τηλικαῦτα βιβλία γράφεισ; (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 19:1)
Synonyms
-
to work hard
-
to be in distress
- τείρω (to suffer distress)
- μογέω (to suffer pain, be distressed)
-
to work hard at
-
to toil
- ἐπασκέω (to labour or toil at, finish carefully)
- μογέω (to labour at)
- συγκάμνω (to work, toil or travail with, to join in labour)
-
to go through
-
to afflict
- ἀτάομαι (to suffer greatly, be in dire distress)
- ὀϊζύω (to suffer, to suffer greatly)
-
to be trained or educated
Derived
- διαπονέω (to work out with labour, to get worked out, to be managed)
- ἐκπονέω (to work out, finish off, wrought)
- ἐπιπονέω (to toil on, persevere)
- προπονέω (to work or labour beforehand, to work for or instead of, to work for)
- προσεπιπονέω (to work still more, to take the additional trouble)
- συμπονέω (to work with or together, to take part in labouring, with)
- συνεκπονέω (to help in working out, to help in achieving or effecting, to assist to the utmost)
- ὑπερπονέω (to labour beyond measure, take further trouble, to bear or endure for)