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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

  • ‐ ‐ ἦ γὰρ τεκμηρίοισιν ἐξ οἰμωγμάτων μαντευσόμεσθα τἀνδρὸσ ὡσ ὀλωλότοσ; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 5:15)
  • κἀν δυοῖν οἰμωγμάτοιν μεθῆκεν αὑτοῦ κῶλα· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 6:8)

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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