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.
- Πρὶν μὲν γὰρ ζώεσκον ἐπὶ χθονὶ φῦλ’ ἀνθρώπων νόσφιν ἄτερ τε κακῶν καὶ ἄτερ χαλεποῖο πόνοιο νούσων τ’ ἀργαλέων, αἵ τ’ ἀνδράσι Κῆρασ ἔδωκαν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 13:4)
- οἳ δὲ ἰδόντεσ γήθησαν, παύσαντο δ’ ὀιζυροῖο πόνοιο. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:5)
- "Ἔρχεο νῦν μεθ’ ὅμιλον, ἐπεὶ μέμονάσ γε πόνοιο· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 8:10)
- εἰ μέν νυν τύνη ζεῦξαι βόασ Αἰήταο, ἡρ́ωσ Αἰσονίδη, φρονέεισ, μέμονάσ τε πόνοιο, ἦ τ’ ἂν ὑποσχεσίην πεφυλαγμένοσ ἐντύναιο· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 9:27)
- ἀλλ’ ἀπάνευθε πόνοιο νοῶν φρενὶ πάντα κραδαίνει. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 14)
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)
