κάμνω lengthd. from the Root !καμ trans. to work of smithʼs work, σκῆπτρον, τὸ μὲν Ἥφαιστος κάμε which he wrought, Il.; κ. νῆας Od. Mid. to win by toil, τὰς (sc. γυναῖκας) αὐτοὶ καμόμεσθα Il. to work or till by labour, Od. 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, Il.; περὶ δʼ ἔγχεϊ χεῖρα καμεῖται he will have his hand weary in grasping the spear, Il.:—c. part., κάμνει πολεμίζων, ἐλαύνων is weary of fighting, rowing, 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. to be sick or ill, suffer under illness, οἱ κάμνοντες the sick, Hdt., etc.; so, κάμνειν νόσον Eur.; κ. τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Hdt. 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, Soph. οἱ καμόντες (aor. part.) those who have done their work, Lat. defuncti, i. e. the dead, Hom.; so, κεκμηκότες Eur., Thuc.