Μογοστόκος
birth-toiling, of birth-pangs
Translated by David Whitehead23 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. She] who is suffering badly in childbirth.1 But some [sc. say that the word means] she who brings toils to women giving birth.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μογοστόκος· περὶ τοὺς τόκους κακοπαθοῦσα. ἔνιοι δὲ ἡ μόγους ταῖς τικτούσαις ἐπιφέρουσα.
Betacode
*mogosto/kos: peri\ tou\s to/kous kakopaqou=sa. e)/nioi de\ h( mo/gous tai=s tiktou/sais e)pife/rousa.
Notes (1)
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu496 Theodoridis. The second of the two senses set out here appears to be the primary one: see LSJ s.v. on this headword as an Homeric (and poetic) epithet, chiefly of epsiloniota 108 (q.v.).
- 1cf. -- albeit more generally -- mu 1183. ↩
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead