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οἰμωγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰμωγή

Structure: οἰμωγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from oi)mw/zw

Sense

  1. loud wailing, lamentation

Declension

First declension

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

  • ὁ δὲ βέλτιστοσ Διογένησ παροικεῖ μὲν Σαρδαναπάλλῳ τῷ Ἀσσυρίῳ καὶ Μίδᾳ τῷ Φρυγὶ καὶ ἄλλοισ τισὶ τῶν πολυτελῶν ἀκούων δὲ οἰμωζόντων αὐτῶν καὶ τὴν παλαιὰν τύχην ἀναμετρουμένων γελᾷ τε καὶ τέρπεται, καὶ τὰ πολλὰ ὕπτιοσ κατακείμενοσ ᾄδει μάλα τραχείᾳ καὶ ἀπηνεῖ τῇ φωνῇ τὰσ οἰμωγὰσ αὐτῶν ἐπικαλύπτων, ὥστε ἀνιᾶσθαι τοὺσ ἄνδρασ καὶ διασκέπτεσθαι μετοικεῖν οὐ φέροντασ τὸν Διογένην. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 18:6)
  • κλαύσει νὴ τὸν Διόνυσον οἰμωγὰσ ᾄδων, καὶ ταύτασ ὀμφαλοέσσασ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode, dactyls8)
  • Ἐπειδὰν ἡμεῖσ οἰμώζωμεν καὶ στένωμεν ἐκείνων μεμνημένοι τῶν ἄνω, Μίδασ μὲν οὑτοσὶ τοῦ χρυσίου, Σαρδανάπαλλοσ δὲ τῆσ πολλῆσ τρυφῆσ, ἐγὼ δὲ Κροῖσοσ τῶν θησαυρῶν, ἐπιγελᾷ καὶ ἐξονειδίζει ἀνδράποδα καὶ καθάρματα ἡμᾶσ ἀποκαλῶν, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ᾅδων ἐπιταράττει ἡμῶν τὰσ οἰμωγάσ, καὶ ὅλωσ λυπηρόσ ἐστι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:4)
  • ἐκπλεούσησ δὲ τῆσ πόλεωσ τοῖσ μὲν οἶκτον τὸ θέαμα, τοῖσ δὲ θαῦμα τῆσ τόλμησ παρεῖχε, γενεὰσ μὲν ἄλλῃ προπεμπόντων, αὐτῶν δ’ ἀκάμπτων πρὸσ οἰμωγὰσ καὶ δάκρυα γονέων καὶ περιβολὰσ διαπερώντων εἰσ τὴν νῆσον. (Plutarch, , chapter 10 5:1)
  • ὁ δ’ εὐθὺσ ἐξῴμωξεν οἰμωγὰσ λυγράσ, ἃσ οὔποτ’ αὐτοῦ πρόσθεν εἰσήκουσ’ ἐγώ· (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:19)

Synonyms

  1. loud wailing

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

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