I. absol. to work hard, do work, suffer toil, Hom .; peri; dovrpa ponevonto were busied about their supper, Il.; so, pepovnhto kaqÆ i{ppou" was busy with the horses, of a charioteer, Ib.
2.
metaph.
to be in distress, to distress oneself,
Ib.:—
to suffer, be sick,
Thuc.
II.
c. acc.
to work hard at, to make
or
do with pains
or
care,
Hom
.,
Hes.
B.
after
Hom.
, the
act.
form prevails:
f.
ponhvsw
:
aor.
I
ejponhvsa
,
Dor.
-a<Eth>sa
:—
pf.
pepovnhka
: 3
sing. plqpf.
ejpeponhvkei
:—
Pass.
,
aor.
I
ejponhvqhn
,
Dor. subj.
ponaqh`/
(
a<Eth>
):
pf.
pepovnhmai
:
I. intr. to toil, labour, Theogn ., Hdt. , Att. ; mavthn p . to labour in vain, Soph. ; c. acc ., ta; mhde;n wjfelou`nta mh; povnei do not labour at things that profit not, Aesch.
2. c. acc. cogn ., p. povnon, movcqou" to go through, suffer them, Trag. ; also c. acc. partis, ponei`n ta; skevlh Ar.
3.
absol.
to labour, be hard-pressed, suffer,
Thuc
.,
Xen.
:
to be worn out, spoilt,
Dem.
4.
Pass
.,
impers.
,
oujk a[llw" aujtoi`" pepovnhtai
=
peponhvkasi
,
Plat.
II.
trans
.,
1.
c. acc.
pers.
to afflict, distress,
Pind
.:
—Pass.
to be worn out, to suffer greatly,
Soph
.,
Thuc.
b.
Pass
., also,
to be trained
or
educated,
Arist
.,
Theocr.
2.
c. acc.
rei, like
ejkponei`n
,
to gain by toil
or
labour,
crhvmata
Xen
.:
Pass.
to be won
or
achieved by toil,
Pind.
Hence
povnhma
povnhma
povnhma , ato", tov , that which is wrought out, work, Eur .: a work, book, Anth.
ponhvreuma
ponhvreuma , tov , a knavish trick, in pl. , Dem. From ponhreuvomai
ponhreuvomai
ponhreuvomai , Dep. to be evil, act wickedly, play the rogue, Arist .; oiJ peponhreumevnoi Dem.
ponhriva
ponhriva , hJ , ( ponhrov" ) a bad state or condition, badness, Plat.
II. in moral sense, wickedness, vice, knavery, Lat. pravitas , Id., Xen. : in pl. knavish tricks, rogueries, Dem.
2. baseness, cowardice, Eur.
ponhro-diØdavskalo" , on , teaching wickedness, Strab.
ponhrokratevomai
ponhro-kra±tevomai , Pass. to be governed by the bad; and ponhrokrativa
ponhrokrativa
ponhrokra±tiva , hJ , government of the bad, Arist.
ponhrov"
ponhrov" , av, ovn , ( ponevw ) toilsome, painful, grievous, Theogn ., Ar.
II. in bad case, in sorry plight, useless, good-for-nothing, Ar ., Plat. , etc. :— Adv. , ponhrw`" e[cein to be in bad case, Thuc.
III. in moral sense, bad, worthless, knavish, Lat. pravus, improbus , Aesch ., Eur. ; ponhro;" kajk ponhrw`n rogue and son of rogues, Ar .; povnw/ ponhrov" laboriously wicked, Id.:— oJ p . the evil one,