ἱδρώς

ῶτος, ὁ

ἶδος

A. ἱδρῶ 11.621,22.2, cf. A.R. 2.87, 4.656: (ἶδος):— sweat, Hom.(v. infr.), etc.; μετὰ ἱδρῶτος Pl. R. 350d; κατὰ δ’ ἱ. ἔρρεεν ἐκ μελέων Od. 11.599; ἱ. ἀνῄει χρωτί S. Tr. 767; στάζειν ἱδρῶτι (v. στάζω); ῥέεσθαι ἱδρῶτι Plu. Cor. 3; of sweat as the sign of toil, τῆς ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν Hes. Op. 289; ἱδρῶτα παρέχειν X. Cyr. 2.1.29: pl., Hp. Aph. 4.36, Arist. Pr. 867a13, etc.; ἱδρῶτες ξηροί, opp. the effect of baths, Pl. Phdr. 239c.
2. exudation of trees, gum, resin, σμύρνης E. Ion 1175; δρυός Ion Trag.40; Βρομιάδος ἱδρῶτα πηγῆς, of wine, Antiph. 52.12.
II. metaph., anything earned by the sweat of one's brow, οὐ γὰρ τὸν ἐμὸν ἱδρῶτα . . ἐκβαλῶ Ar. Ec. 750, cf. Chor.p.270 B. (pl.). [ι in Ep. and Lyr.: ι in E.l.c.] (Cf. ἰδίω.)
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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