τείρω
To wear out, distress, afflict, exhaust, bear hard upon, put to sore straits, reduce to extremity: γῆράς σε τείρει Il. 4.315, ἤδη τειρόμενον (in extremity) Il. 5.391, τείρουσί [σʼ] υἷες Ἀχαιῶν Il. 7.255. Cf. Il. 5.153, 352 (was in sorry plight), Il. 7.387, Il. 8.81 (was at the last gasp), 102 (are too much for you), 363 (in his extremity), Il. 9.248, Il. 11.801 (find respite from their distress), 841 (in your trouble), Il. 13.251, Il. 16.510, Il. 21.353, Il. 24.489, etc.: Od. 1.342, Od. 2.71 (to pine), Od. 4.369 = Od. 12.332, Od. 4.441, Od. 5.324 (in his extremity), Od. 6.218, Od. 9.441, Od. 10.78, Od. 24.233.