μόχθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • μόγος (mógos)

Etymology

The formation is similar to ἄχθος (ákhthos), βρόχθος (brókhthos) and ὄχθος (ókhthos). According to Beekes, the variation "χθ/γ" must be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

μόχθος • (mókhthos) m (genitive μόχθου); second declension

  1. toil, trouble, hardship, distress, exertion
    Synonym: κόπος (kópos)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ μόχθος; τοῦ μόχθου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ μόχθος
ho mókhthos		 τὼ μόχθω
tṑ mókhthō		 οἱ μόχθοι
hoi mókhthoi
Genitive τοῦ μόχθου
toû mókhthou		 τοῖν μόχθοιν
toîn mókhthoin		 τῶν μόχθων
tôn mókhthōn
Dative τῷ μόχθῳ
tôi mókhthōi		 τοῖν μόχθοιν
toîn mókhthoin		 τοῖς μόχθοις
toîs mókhthois
Accusative τὸν μόχθον
tòn mókhthon		 τὼ μόχθω
tṑ mókhthō		 τοὺς μόχθους
toùs mókhthous
Vocative μόχθε
mókhthe		 μόχθω
mókhthō		 μόχθοι
mókhthoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • μοχθέω (mokhthéō)
  • μοχθήεις (mokhthḗeis)
  • μόχθημα (mókhthēma)
  • μοχθηρία (mokhthēría)
  • μοχθηρόομαι (mokhthēróomai)
  • μοχθηρός (mokhthērós)
  • μοχθητέον (mokhthētéon)
  • μοχθίζω (mokhthízō)
  • μοχθόω (mokhthóō)
  • μοχθώδης (mokhthṓdēs)

Descendants
  • Greek: μόχθος (móchthos)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

μόχθος • (móchthos) m (plural μόχθοι)

  1. toil, drudgery, hard work, labour(UK), labor(US)

Declension
declension of μόχθος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μόχθος • μόχθοι •
genitive μόχθου • μόχθων •
accusative μόχθο • μόχθους •
vocative μόχθε • μόχθοι •

Synonyms

See also
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