ὠδίς

ὠδίς (A.Ch.211, Pl.Ep.313a), ῖνος, ἡ: [dialect] Ep. dat. pl.

A

ὠδίνεσσι h.Ap. 92

, Theoc.17.61, etc.: later nom. [full] ὠδίν LXXIs.37.3, 1 Ep.Thess.5.3:— mostly in pl., pangs or throes of childbirth,

πικρὰς ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι Il. 11.271

; τέκε . . ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν . . διδύμων σθένος υἱῶν at a single birth, Pi.P.9.85;

πόνους ἐνεγκοῦσ' ἐν ὠδῖσι E.Supp.920

(lyr.);

ἐν ὠδίνων λοχίαις ἀνάγκαισι Id.Ba.89

(lyr.), cf. Ion452 (lyr.);

αἱ δἰ ὠδίνων γοναί Id.Ph.355

: also in sg., Pi.O.6.43, N.1.36, S.OC533 (lyr.);

γυνὴ φεύγει πικρὰν ὠδῖνα παίδων Id.Fr.932

.

2 in sg. also, that which is born amid throes, child,

παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ ὠδῖνα A.Ag.

1418, cf. Pi.O.6.31, E.Ion45; θαλλὸν ἱερὸν ἐλαίας, Λατοῦς ὠδῖνα (fort. ὠδῖνι)

φίλαν Id.IT1102

(lyr.); ἄπτερον ὠδῖνα τέκνων, of young birds, Id.HF1040: pl., children, AP7.549 (Leon.Alex.); ὀρταλίχων ἁπαλὴ ὠδίς, of eggs, Nic.Al.165;

τοῦ ᾠοῦ ἐν ὠδῖνι ὄντος Arist.HA560b22

; ὠ. Θαλάσσας, of Aphrodite, AP9.386; ὠδὶς μελίσσης, of honey, Nonn.D.5.228, al.

II metaph., travail, anguish, A.Ch.211, Supp.770 (both sg.): also in pl., of love,

ἐμοὶ πικρὰς ὠδῖνας αὑτοῦ προσβαλὼν ἀποίχεται S.Tr.42

, cf. Pl.R.574a, Phdr.251e: freq. in LXX, Ex.15.14, al., Ev.Matt.24.8.

2 fruit of the mind's travail,

τῆς ἐμῆς ὠ. Luc.Dem.Enc.25

;

λόγων ὠδῖνες Him. Or.18.3

;

ἐπέων Tryph.117

.

3 ὠδῖνες θανάτου, ᾅδου, the bonds of death, LXX 2 Ki.22.6, Ps.17(18).5, 6 (due to confusion of Heb. [hudot ]ēbel 'pang' with [hudot ]èbel 'cord'), cf. Act.Ap.2.24.