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θρηνώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρηνώδης θρηνώδες

Structure: θρηνωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a dirge, fit for a dirge

Examples

  • ὁ δὴ δύσκολοσ οὐδαμῶσ τε ἵλεωσ ἆρ’ οὐ δοκεῖ σφῷν θρηνώδησ τε εἶναι καὶ ὀδυρμῶν ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ πλήρησ μᾶλλον ἢ χρεών ἐστιν τὸν ἀγαθόν; (Plato, Laws, book 7 25:5)

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

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