to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail
Ancient Greek word, found 95 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 11.269: ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἂν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα
Homer, Odyssey 9.415: Κύκλωψ δὲ στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.975: ὠδίνων, Μέροπος Περκωσίου ἐκγεγαυῖα,
All forms of ὠδίνω