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παρακλαυσίθυρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρακλαυσίθυρον παρακλαυσιθύρου

Structure: παρακλαυσιθυρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. lover’s complaint sung at his mistress’s door, serenade
  2. paraklausithyron

Examples

  • "τίσ οὖν ὁ κωλύων ἐστὶ κωμάζειν ἐπὶ θύρασ, ᾄδειν τὸ παρακλαυσίθυρον, ἀναδεῖν τὰ εἰκόνια, παγκρατιάζειν πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀντεραστάσ; (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 85)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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