Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κλαυθμυρισμός

Second declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλαυθμυρισμός κλαυθμυρισμοῦ

Structure: κλαυθμυρισμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from klauqmuri/zw

Sense

  1. a crying like a child

Examples

  • διὸ καὶ τὸν οἶκον ἐν Δελφοῖσ κατεσκεύασεν ὁ Κύψελοσ, ὥσπερ θεοῦ τότε τὸν κλαυθμυρισμὸν ἐπισχόντοσ, ὅπωσ διαλάθοι τοὺσ ζητοῦντασ. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 21 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. a crying like a child

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

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