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αἴαγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴαγμα

Structure: αἰαγματ (Stem)

Etym.: from ai)a/zw

Sense

  1. a wail

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἴαγμα αἰάγματε αἰάγματα
Genitive αἰάγματος αἰαγμάτοιν αἰαγμάτων
Dative αἰάγματι αἰαγμάτοιν αἰάγμασιν*
Accusative αἴαγμα αἰάγματε αἰάγματα
Vocative αί̓αγμα αἰάγματε αἰάγματα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σὺν ἀλαλαῖσι δ’ αἰὲν αἰαγμάτων σκότια κρύπτεται. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 2:2)
  • <ποτνίασ δ’ ἐμᾶσ,> ἔνθεν οἰκτρὸν ἀνεβόασεν, ὅμαδον ἔκλυον, ἄλυρον ἔλεγον, ὅτι ποτ’ ἔλακεν αἰάγμα σι στένουσα, Νύμφα τισ οἱᾶ Ναὶ̈σ ὄρεσι φυγάδα νόμον ἱεῖσα γοερόν, ὑπὸ δὲ πέτρινα γύαλα κλαγγαῖσι Πανὸσ ἀναβοᾷ γάμουσ. (Euripides, Helen, choral, antistrophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. a wail

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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