Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νυμφόκλαυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυμφόκλαυτος νυμφόκλαυτον

Structure: νυμφοκλαυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be deplored by wives

Examples

  • παρακλίνασ’ ἐπέκρανεν δὲ γάμου πικρὰσ τελευτάσ, δύσεδροσ καὶ δυσόμιλοσ συμένα Πριαμίδαισιν, πομπᾷ Διὸσ ξενίου, νυμφόκλαυτοσ Ἐρινύσ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, strophe 3 1:2)

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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