ὠδίνω
Alt. ὠδί_νω,
Etym. mostly in pres.
I. "to have the pains or throes of childbirth, to be in travail or labour", Il., Plat., etc.
2. c. acc. "to be in travail of" a child, "to bring forth", Eur.
II. metaph. of any great pain, "to be in travail or anguish", Od., Eur.: "to work hard, to travail", of bees, Anth.:—of the mind, ὥστε μ᾽ ὠδίνειν τί φῄς so that I "am in an agony" as to what you mean, Soph.
2. c. acc. "to be in travail with" a thing, c. acc., id=Soph., Anth.
Etym. from ὠδίς