σμογερος

μογ-ερός, ά, όν, also ός, όν Nic.Al. 419 (

A v.l. for σμυγερός): poet. Adj. used by Trag. in anap. and lyr. ( μόγος, cf. σμογερός):

I of persons, toiling, distressed, wretched, A.Pr. 565, Th. 827, E.Tr. 783, 790, Ar.Ach. 1207; so

μ. οἶκοι S.El.93

. Adv. -

ρῶς Man.1.146

.

II of things, toilsome, grievous, κάματοι v.l. in AP7.508 (Emp. or Simon.);

ἄχεα E.Med. 205

; ἀκουαί ear trouble, Marc.Sid.86.

μόγος, ὁ,

A toil,

ἱδρῶ θ', ὃν ἵδρωσα μόγῳ Il.4.27

;

ἀέθλους ἐξανύσαντα μόγῳ IG3.900

;

μόγῳ πολλῷ κάμηλον ἐξειλκύσαμεν Alciphr.1.17

.

2 trouble, distress, S.OC 1744 (lyr.). (Cf. Lith. smagùs 'heavy': the initial s is preserved in σμογερός, σμυγερός.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `toil, be distressed, suffer' (Il.)

Other forms: ptc. perf. μεμογηώς (Nic.)

Compounds: Rarely with συν-, ἐν-.

Derivatives: μόγος m. `toil, trouble, distress' (Δ 27, rare). As 1. member in μογοσ-τόκος adjunct of the helpster(s) of birth Eileithyia (Il.) and Artemis (Theoc.), also of ὠδῖνες (Lyc.), of the Trojan horse (Tryph. Ep.), of ὥρα a.o. (Nonn.); meaning uncertain, but not with Bechtel Lex. (after Brugmann Grundr.<sup>1</sup> 1, 173; not in the 2. impr.) = `causing pain' with μογοσ- as acc. pl. from *μόγονς; a μογο-τ. was metr. impossible (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 95). From μόγος prob. μογερός `laborious, distressful' (trag.). -- Adv. μόγις `with toil, hardly' (Il.); old nom. sg. "who toils"? (Solmsen Wortforsch. 169; cf. also Schwyzer 620). -- PN Μογέᾱ m. (Boeot.; Schwyzer 560).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: On itself μογέω can of course be a denominative from μόγος; the rarity of the substantive makes it however more probable, that μογέω as old intensive (cf. Schwyzer 719 f.) gave μόγος as backformation. -- No certain cognates. Solmsen KZ 29, 85f. compared a Balt. adj. for `heavy (of weight) etc.', Lith. smagùs also `strong, powerful (of blows)', Latv. smag(r)s; the anlaut. σμ- is also found in σμογερόν σκληρόν, ἐπίβουλον, μοχθηρόν H. (cf. on σμυγερός). After Fraenkel (s. Wb. s. smagùs) however the Balt. adj. belongs rather to Lith. smagiù, smõgti `scourge, beat, throw (s.thing heavy)'. Also Lat. mōlēs `heavy mass', also `exertion, toil' remains far, s. W.-Hofmann s.v. and on μῶλος. -- Cf. μόχθος and μοχλός. - Fur. 140, 363 connects μόχθος, μοχλός, σμογερος, σμυγερός and considers the group, prob. correctly, as Pre-Greek.

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