κάματος

A. toil, trouble, ἄτερ καμάτοιο Od. 7.325; ἄνευ καμάτου Pi. P. 12.28; κ. ἵππων A. Fr. 192.6 (anap.); οὐδέποτ’ ἐκ καμάτων ἀποπαύσομαι S. El. 231, cf. 130 (both lyr.); of the pangs of childbirth, Id. OT 174 (lyr.); εὐκάματος E. Ba. 67 (lyr.): pl., καμάτων ἅλις AP 9.359 (Posidipp. or Pl.Com.): rare in early Prose, κ. ἐστι τοῖς αὐτοῖς μοχθεῖν Heraclit. 84, cf. 111; of the pains of disease, Hp. de Arte 3 (pl.); κ. ὁ πολύς Luc. Herm. 71; freq. later, Arist. Mu. 397b23, OGI 717.8 (pl., iii A.D.), POxy. 913.15 (pl., V A. D.).

2. the effect of toil, weariness, ὁππότε κέν μιν γυῖα λάβῃ κ. Il. 4.230, cf. 13.85,711, etc.; κ. πολυάϊξ γυῖα δέδυκεν 5.811; αἴθρῳ καὶ κ. δεδμημένον Od. 14.318; ὕπνῳ καὶ κ. ἀρημένος 6.2; κ. τε καὶ ἄλγεσι θυμὸν ἔδοντες 9.75, cf. Sapph. Supp. 19.4, etc.: in Prose, Aen.Tact. 26.8, Parth. 1.1, Jul. Or. 2.87b.

3. illness, Simon. 85.10 (= Semon. 29 Diehl): pl., D.H. 10.53.

II. the product of toil, ἡμέτερος κ., viz. the pigs we have reared, Od. 14.417; ἀλλότριον κ. σφετέρην ἐς γαστέρ’ ἀμῶνται Hes. Th. 599, cf. Thgn. 925; τόρνου κ. a thing wrought by the lathe, A. Fr. 57.3 (anap.), cf. AP 6.206 (Antip. Sid.); κ. μελίσσης, of honey, Nic. Al. 71 (pl.), cf. 144.