Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐλελεῦ

Interjection; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλελεῦ

Sense

  1. a cry of pain or lament, woe, alas

Examples

  • ὅθεν καὶ νῦν ἐν τοῖσ ὠσχοφορίοισ στεφανοῦσθαι μὲν οὐ τὸν κήρυκα λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸ κηρύκειον, ἐπιφωνεῖν δὲ ἐν ταῖσ σπονδαῖσ, Ἐλελεῦ, Ιοὔ, Ιοὔ, τοὺσ παρόντασ· (Plutarch, chapter 22 3:3)
  • ἐλελεῦ ἐλελεῦ, ὑπό μ’ αὖ σφάκελοσ καὶ φρενοπληγεῖσ μανίαι θάλπουσ’, οἴστρου δ’ ἄρδισ χρίει μ’ ἄπυροσ· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests1)

Synonyms

  1. a cry of pain or lament

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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