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οἴμωγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἴμωγμα οἴμωγματος

Structure: οἰμωγματ (Stem)

Etym.: from oi)mw/zw

Sense

  1. a cry of lamentation, wail

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative οἴμωγμα οἰμώγματε οἰμώγματα
Genitive οἰμώγματος οἰμωγμάτοιν οἰμωγμάτων
Dative οἰμώγματι οἰμωγμάτοιν οἰμώγμασιν*
Accusative οἴμωγμα οἰμώγματε οἰμώγματα
Vocative οί̓μωγμα οἰμώγματε οἰμώγματα

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

  • ὑψοῦ δὲ θάσσων ὑψόθεν χαμαιριφὴσ πίπτει πρὸσ οὖδασ μυρίοισ οἰμώγμασιν Πενθεύσ· (Euripides, episode, lyric 5:14)
  • εἰ δ’ αὖθ’, ὃ μὴ γένοιτο, συμφορὰ τύχοι, Ἐτεοκλέησ ἂν εἷσ πολὺσ κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ’ ὑπ’ ἀστῶν φροιμίοισ πολυρρόθοισ οἰμώγμασίν θ’, ὧν Ζεὺσ ἀλεξητήριοσ ἐπώνυμοσ γένοιτο Καδμείων πόλει. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 1:3)
  • οὕτω πετηνῶν τόνδ’ ὑπ’ οἰωνῶν δοκεῖ ταφέντ’ ἀτίμωσ τοὐπιτίμιον λαβεῖν, καὶ μήθ’ ὁμαρτεῖν τυμβοχόα χειρώματα μήτ’ ὀξυμόλποισ προσσέβειν οἰμώγμασιν, ἄτιμον εἶναι δ’ ἐκφορᾶσ φίλων ὕπο. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode8)
  • τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι δοκεῖ μοι βασιλέωσ οἰμώγμασιν. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a cry of lamentation

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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