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1 laborious
[lə'bo:riəs]adjective (difficult; requiring hard work: Moving house is always a laborious process.) κουραστικός, επίμονος -
2 Laborious
adj.Ar. and P. ἐπίπονος. χαλεπός, P. πραγματώδης, P. and V. βαρύς, ὀχληρός, ἐπαχθής, προσάντης (Plat.), V. πολύπονος, δυσπόνητος.Industrious: P. and V. ἄσχολος, P. φιλόπονος, φιλεργός.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Laborious
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3 laborious
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4 Weary
adj.P. and V. ταλαίπωρος.Be weary, v.: P. and V. κάμνειν (rare P.), ἀπειπεῖν, τρύχεσθαι, P. ἀποκάμνειν. καταπονεῖσθαι, Ar. and V. τείρεσθαι. Ar. κοπιᾶν, V. καταξαίνεσθαι, Ar. and P. ταλαιπωρεῖσθαι, κατατρίβεσθαι.Be weary of: P. ἐκκάμνειν (acc.).Be sated with: P. and V. πλησθῆναι (gen.) ( 1st aor. pass. of πιμπλάναι), Ar. and V. κορεσθῆναι (gen.) ( 1st aor. pass. of κορεννύναι), V. κόρον ἔχειν ( gen).Be disgusted with: P. and V. ἄχθεσθαι (dat.), P. χαλεπῶς φέρειν (acc.), V. πικρῶς φέρειν (acc.).——————v. trans.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Weary
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5 labour
['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) σκληρή εργασία2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) εργατικό δυναμικό, εργάτες3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) τοκετός, πόνοι γέννας4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) το Εργατικό Κόμμα2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) εργάζομαι σκληρά, αγκομαχώ2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) δυσκολεύομαι, πασχίζω•- laboriously
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6 Arduous
adj.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Arduous
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7 Toilsome
adj.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Toilsome
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8 Wearisome
adj.P. and V. βαρύς, ὀχληρός, λυπηρός, δυσχερής, Ar. and P. χαλεπός, ἐπίπονος, Ar. καματηρός; see Troublesome, Laborious.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Wearisome
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9 Wearying
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Wearying
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Laborious — La*bo ri*ous, a. [L. laboriosus, fr. labor labor: cf. F. laborieux.] 1. Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. [1913 Webster] Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all? Learn these from Cato.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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laborious — index difficult, faithful (diligent), industrious, onerous, operose, oppressive, painful, painstaking … Law dictionary
laborious — (adj.) late 14c., hard working, industrious, from O.Fr. laborios arduous, wearisome; hard working (12c., Mod.Fr. laborieux), from L. laboriosus toilsome, wearisome, troublesome, from labor (see LABOR (Cf. labor) (n.)). Meaning costing much labor … Etymology dictionary
laborious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) requiring considerable time and effort. 2) showing obvious signs of effort. DERIVATIVES laboriously adverb … English terms dictionary
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laborious — la|bo|ri|ous [ lə bɔriəs ] adjective 1. ) a laborious job or process is long, difficult, and often boring: We eventually began the laborious task of sorting through his papers. 2. ) a laborious way of doing something is slow or boring and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
laborious — UK [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] / US [ləˈbɔrɪəs] adjective 1) a laborious job or process is long, difficult, and often boring We eventually began the laborious task of sorting through his papers. 2) a laborious way of doing something is slow or boring and… … English dictionary
laborious — la|bo|ri|ous [ləˈbo:riəs] adj taking a lot of time and effort laborious process/task/business etc ▪ Collecting the raw materials proved a long and laborious task. ▪ the laborious business of drying the crops >laboriously adv ▪ A beetle began… … Dictionary of contemporary English
laborious — adjective 1 laborious task/process/method etc a job or piece of work that is difficult and needs a lot of effort: the laborious task of collating all the evidence 2 seeming to be done slowly and with difficulty: laborious progress through the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
