A). καμεῖται Il. 2.389 , Pl. Lg. 921e ; Ep. inf. -έεσθαι A.R. 3.580 : aor. 2 ἔκᾰμον, Ep. κάμον Il. 4.187 ,al.; inf. καμεῖν, Ep. subj. redupl. κεκάμω, κεκάμῃσι, κεκάμωσιν, Il. 1.168 , 17.658 , 7.5 (but Aristarch. read κε κάμω, etc., prob. rightly): pf. κέκμηκα Il. 6.262 , etc.: plpf. ἐκεκμήκεσαν Th. 3.98 ; Ep. part. κεκμηώς, κεκμηῶτι, κεκμηῶτα, Il. 23.232 , 6.261 , Od. 10.31 ; κεκμηότας Il. 11.802 ; κεκμηῶτας is v.l. for κεκμηκότας in Th. 3.59 :— Med., aor. 2 ἐκᾰμόμην Od. 9.130 , Ep. καμ- Il. 18.341 .

I). trans., work, μίτρη, τὴν Χαλκῆες κάμον ἄνδρες wrought it, 4.187 , 216 ; ἐπεὶ πάνθ’ ὅπλα κάμε 18.614 ; σκῆπτρον .. , τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε τεύχων 2.101 , cf. 8.195 ; κ. νῆας Od. 9.126 ; πέπλον Il. 5.338 , cf. Od. 15.105 ; ἵππον 11.523 ; λέχος 23.189 ; ἄστυ build, A.R. 1.1322 : also in aor. Med., ἱρόν Id. 2.718 .

2). aor. Med., win by toil, τὰς (sc. γυναῖκας) αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα βίηφί τε δουρί τε μακρῷ Il. 18.341 .

3). aor. Med., labour, till, οἵ κέ σφιν καὶ νῆσον .. ἐκάμοντο Od. 9.130 ; οἴκους Philet. 8 .

II). intr., toil, labour, τινι for one, Od. 14.65 ; ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Th. 2.41 : then, from the effect of continued work, to be weary, ἀνδρὶ δὲ κεκμηῶτι μένος μέγα οἶνος ἀέξει Il. 6.261 , cf. 11.802 : with acc. of the part, οὐδέ τι γυῖα .. κάμνει nor is he weary in limb, 19.170 , etc.; περὶ δ’ ἔγχεϊ Χεῖρα καμεῖται 2.389 ; ὁ δ’ ἀριστερὸν ὦμον ἔκαμνεν 16.106 : freq. c. part., κ. πολεμίζων, ἐλαύνοντες, ἐρεθίζων, is weary of fighting, rowing, etc., 1.168 , 7.5 , 17.658 , etc.; οὐ μέν θην κάμετον .. ὀλλῦσαι Τρῶας 8.448 ; ἔκαμον δέ μοι ὄσσε πάντῃ παπταίνοντι Od. 12.232 ; but οὐδέ τι τόξον δὴν ἔκαμον τανύων I did not long strain over stringing the bow, i.e. did it without effort, 21.426 , cf. Il. 8.22 : later freq. with neg., οὔτοι καμοῦμαι .. λέγουσα I shall never be tired of saying, A. Eu. 881 ; μὴ κάμῃς λέγων E. IA 1143 ; οὐκ ἂν κάμοιμι τὰς κακὰς κτείνων Id. Or. 1590 ; οὔποτε κάμοιμ’ ἂν ὀρχουμένη Ar. Lys. 541 (lyr.); κ. εὐεργετῶν, ἐπαινῶν, Pl. Grg. 470c , Lg. 921e : c. dat., κ. δαπάναις to grow tired in spending, spare expense, Pi. P. 1.90 .

2). to be hard-pressed, worsted, in battle or contest, ib. 1.78 , 80 ; τὸ κάμνον στρατοῦ E. Supp. 709 .

3). to be sick or suffering, τί πάσχεις; τί κάμνεις; Ar. Nu. 708 ; οἱ κάμνοντες the sick, Hdt. 1.197 , cf. S. Ph. 282 , And. 1.64 , Pl. R. 407c , Ep.Jac. 5.15 , etc.; of a doctor's patients, Hp. Acut. 1 , D. 18.243 , SIG 943.10 (Cos); καμοῦσα ἀπέθανε having fallen sick, And. 1.120 : c. acc. cogn., κάμνειν νόσον E. Heracl. 990 , Pl. R. 408e ;[τὴν ποδάγραν] v.l. in Arist. HA 604a23 ; τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt. 2.111 ; τὰ σώματα to be ill or distempered in body, Pl. Grg. 478a ; ὠσίν τε κὤμμασιν Herod. 3.32 ; πάθᾳ Pi. P. 8.48 ; νοσήμασι Arist. HA 603a30 ; ἀπὸ τοῦ τραύματος Luc. Tox. 60 ; ὑπὸ νόσου Hdn. 3.14.2 .

4). generally, to be distressed, meet with disaster, στρατοῦ καμόντος A. Ag. 670 ; τῷ πεποιημένῳ κ. μεγάλως Hdt. 1.118 , cf. A. Ag. 482 (lyr.), E. Med. 1138 , HF 293 ; οὐ καμῇ τοὐμὸν μέρος wilt not have to complain .. , S. Tr. 1215 ; κ. ἔν τινι E. Hec. 306 , IA 966 ; of a ship, νεὼς καμούσης ποντίῳ πρὸς κύματι A. Th. 210 : c. acc. cogn., οὐκ ἴσον καμὼν ἐμοὶ λύπης not having borne an equal share of grief, S. El. 532 .

5). in aor. part., of the dead, i. e. either outworn, or those whose work is done, or those who have met with disaster, οἳ ὑπένερθε καμόντας ἀνθρώπους τίνυσθον Il. 3.278 , cf. Theoc. 17.49 ; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων Od. 11.476 ; εἴδωλα κ. 24.14 , Il. 23.72 , cf. A. Supp. 231 , etc.: also in pf. part. in Trag. and Prose, κεκμηκότες S. Fr. 284 , E. Supp. 756 , Th. 3.59 , Pl. Lg. 718a , 927b , Arist. EN 1101a35 ; ἱερὰ τῶν κ. E. Tr. 96 ; also in the finite Verb, ὅπη ἄνθρωπος ἔκαμε Berl.Sitzb. 1927.158 (Cyrene).--The pf. is always intr. (Cf. Skt. śamnīte 'work hard', 'serve zealously', śamitár- 'sacrificing priest', Gr. εἰρο-κόμος, κομέω, κομίζω.)