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.
- Χρὴ γάρ τοι περὶ παῖδα πονούμενον εἰσ φιλότητα ὥσπερ κληματίνῳ χεῖρα πυρὶ προσάγειν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389806)
- Ἐν τούτῳ δὲ αἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρωσ τάξεισ, τετραμμένουσ ἤδη τοὺσ κατὰ σφᾶσ τῶν Περσῶν ὁρῶντεσ, ἐπὶ τοὺσ ξένουσ τε τοὺσ μισθοφόρουσ τοὺσ Δαρείου καὶ τὸ πονούμενον σφῶν ἐπικάμψαντεσ ἀπό τε τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀπώσαντο αὐτούσ, καὶ κατὰ τὸ παρερρωγὸσ τοῦ Περσικοῦ στρατεύματοσ ὑπερφαλαγγήσαντεσ ἐσ τὰ πλάγια ἐμβεβληκότεσ ἤδη ἔκοπτον τοὺσ ξένουσ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 11 1:1)
- δισχίλιοί τε ἱππεῖσ ἐπίλεκτοι παρέθεον αὐτῷ, καὶ Μαάρβαλ ἑτέρουσ ἔχων χιλίουσ ἐφήδρευεν ὅπῃ τι πονούμενον ἴδοι. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 2:7)
- ἐν δὲ τοῖσ μέσοισ ἤστην αὐτόσ τε καὶ Ἀννίβασ, κατὰ δόξαν ἀλλήλων, ἔχοντεσ ἀμφ’ αὑτοὺσ ἱππέασ, ἐπικουρεῖν ὅπῃ τι πονούμενον ἴδοιεν, ὁ μὲν Ἀννίβασ τετρακισχιλίουσ, ὁ δὲ Σκιπίων δισχιλίουσ, καὶ τοὺσ τριακοσίουσ Ἰταλοὺσ οὓσ αὐτὸσ ὥπλισεν ἐν Σικελίᾳ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 7 4:10)
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)