1. the pangs or throes of labour, travail-pains , (Iliad by Homer); ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν at a single birth , (Pindar); ἐν ὠδίνων ἀνάγκαις (Euripides); in singular travail-pain, anguish , (Pindar)

2. in singular, also, the fruit of travail or labour, a birth, child , (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἄπτερον ὠδῖνα τέκνων, of young birds, (Euripides)

3. metaphorically any travail, anguish , (Aeschulus Tragicus); also in plural, of love, pangs , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)