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

  • ἦν δὲ περὶ τὰσ τροφοὺσ ἐπιμέλειά τισ μετὰ τέχνησ, ὥστ’ ἄνευ σπαργάνων ἐκτρεφούσασ τὰ βρέφη τοῖσ μέλεσι καὶ τοῖσ εἴδεσιν ἐλευθέρια ποιεῖν, ἔτι δὲ εὔκολα ταῖσ διαίταισ καὶ ἄσικχα καὶ ἀθαμβῆ σκότου καὶ πρὸσ ἐρημίαν ἄφοβα καὶ ἄπειρα δυσκολίασ ἀγεννοῦσ καὶ κλαυθμυρισμῶν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 16 3:1)
  • 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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