κάμνω
Etym. lengthd. from the Root ΚΑΜ
I. trans. "to work" of smith's work, σκῆπτρον, τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε which he "wrought", Il.; κ. νῆας Od.
II. Mid. "to win by toil", τὰς (sc. γυναῖκας) αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα Il.
2. "to work or till by labour", Od.
III. intr. "to work, labour", Thuc.:—then, "to be weary", ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος οἶνος ἀέξει Il.; οὐδέ τι γυῖα κάμνει nor "is he weary in" limb, id=Il.; περὶ δ᾽ ἔγχεϊ χεῖρα καμεῖται "he will have his" hand "weary" in grasping the spear, id=Il.:—c. part., κάμνει πολεμίζων, ἐλαύνων "is weary" of fighting, rowing, id=Il.; οὐκ ἔκαμον τανύων "I found" no "trouble" in stringing the bow, i. e. did it without trouble, Od.; οὔτοι καμοῦμαι λέγουσα "I shall" never "be tired" of saying, Aesch., etc.
2. "to be sick or ill, suffer under illness", οἱ κάμνοντες "the sick", Hdt., etc.; so, κάμνειν νόσον Eur.; κ. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt.
3. generally, "to suffer, be distressed or afflicted", στρατοῦ καμόντος Aesch.; οὐ καμεῖ "will" not "have to complain", Soph.; οὐκ ἴσον καμὼν ἐμοὶ λύπης not "having borne" an equal share of grief with me, id=Soph.
4. οἱ καμόντες (aor. part.) "those who have done their work", Lat. defuncti, i. e. "the dead", Hom.; so, κεκμηκότες Eur., Thuc.