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.
- ἀλλ̓ ἵστασθαι μὲν τὸν ἔχοντα τὴν σκύλακα ἐν χωρίῳ, ὁποῖον ἤδη μοι λέλεκται, κρυπτόμενον οἷ μάλιστα τεκμήραιτο ἄν τισ ὅτι πονούμενοσ ὁ λαγὼσ ὑποκάμψασ ἥξει. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 25 7:1)
- Ὅστισ δὲ κακίζει Ἀλέξανδρον, μὴ μόνον ὅσα ἄξια κακίζεσθαί ἐστι προφερόμενοσ κακιζέτω, ἀλλὰ ξύμπαντα τὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου εἰσ ἓν χωρίον ξυναγαγὼν οὕτω δὴ ἐκλογιζέσθω ὅστισ τε ὢν αὐτὸσ καὶ ὁποίᾳ τύχῃ κεχρημένοσ ὅντινα γενόμενον ἐκεῖνον καὶ ἐσ ὅσον εὐτυχίασ τῆσ ἀνθρωπίνησ ἐλθόντα βασιλέα τε ἀμφοῖν τοῖν ἠπείροιν ἀναμφιλογώτατα γενόμενον καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν ἐξικόμενον τῷ αὑτοῦ ὀνόματι κακίζει, σμικρότερόσ τε ὢν αὐτὸσ καὶ ἐπὶ σμικροῖσ πονούμενοσ καὶ οὐδὲ ταῦτα ἐν κόσμῳ τιθέμενοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 30 1:1)
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)
