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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οἰμωγή οἰμωγᾱ́ οἰμωγαί
Genitive οἰμωγῆς οἰμωγαῖν οἰμωγῶν
Dative οἰμωγῇ οἰμωγαῖν οἰμωγαῖς
Accusative οἰμωγήν οἰμωγᾱ́ οἰμωγᾱ́ς
Vocative οἰμωγή οἰμωγᾱ́ οἰμωγαί

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

  • ἦν γὰρ πλῆρεσ ἤδη τὸ πορθμεῖον καὶ οἰμωγῆσ ἀνάπλεων, τραυματίαι δὲ πάντεσ ἐπέπλεον, ὁ μὲν τὸ σκέλοσ, ὁ δὲ τὴν κεφαλήν, ὁ δὲ ἄλλο τι συντετριμμένοσ, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, ἔκ τινοσ πολέμου παρόντεσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 10:6)
  • "καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν ἠκούομεν οἰμωγῆσ ὀδυρομένων ἐπ’ αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:32)
  • ἐνταῦθα δὲ οὐ παύσῃ βεβαίωσ γελῶν καθάπερ ἐγὼ νῦν, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπειδὰν ὁρᾷσ τοὺσ πλουσίουσ καὶ σατράπασ καὶ τυράννουσ οὕτω ταπεινοὺσ καὶ ἀσήμουσ, ἐκ μόνησ οἰμωγῆσ διαγινωσκομένουσ, καὶ ὅτι μαλθακοὶ καὶ ἀγεννεῖσ εἰσι μεμνημένοι τῶν ἄνω. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 3:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺσ ἔκειραν ἐπὶ τῷ Μασιστίῳ καὶ ἵππουσ καὶ ἡμιόνουσ, οἰμωγῆσ τε καὶ κλαυθμοῦ τὸ πεδίον ἐνεπίμπλασαν, ὡσ ἄνδρα πολὺ πρῶτον ἀρετῇ καὶ δυνάμει μετά γε Μαρδόνιον αὐτὸν ἀποβαλόντεσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 14 6:2)
  • εἶτ’ αἰσθομένων ὡσ ἀπελείποντο τῶν ἀδυνάτων, ἀκοσμία δεινὴ καὶ σύγχυσισ μετ’ οἰμωγῆσ καὶ βοῆσ τὸ στρατόπεδον κατεῖχεν. (Plutarch, chapter 27 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. loud wailing

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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