ὀδύρομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῡ], mostly used in pres. and impf., Ep. impf. [[ὀδύρετο]], [[ὀδύροντο]] (without augm.), Ion.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ὀδυρέσκετο Hdt.3.119: fut. ὀδῠροῦμαι D.21.186, and prob. l. Isoc.18.35: aor. ὠδῡράμην Id.12.9, Theoc.1.75 (cf. [[ἀνοδύρομαι]]); part. ὀδῡράμενος Il. 24.48: aor. Pass. κατωδύρθην Plu.2.117f.—In Trag. the form δύρομαι is required by the metre in A.''Pr.''273, ''Pers.''582 (lyr.), S.''OT'' 1218 (lyr., <b class="b3">ὀδ-</b> codd.), E.''Hec.''740, ''Med.''159 (lyr., <b class="b3">ὀδ-</b> codd.), and prob. in Id.''Andr.''397, v. infr. 4; in Id.''Ph.''1762, Apollod.Com.8, [[ὀδύρομαι]] is necessary; elsewhere either form is possible:—[[lament]], [[bewail]], a person or thing:<br><span class="bld">1</span> c. acc. pers., ὀδυρομένη φίλα τέκνα Il.2.315; Ἕκτορα δάκρυ χέοντες ὀδύροντο 24.714, cf. S.''OC''1439, ''Ant.'' 693: less freq. c. acc. rei, <b class="b3">ὁ δ' ὀδύρετο πατρίδα γαῖαν</b> [[mourned for]] it, i.e. for the want of it, Od.13.219; so νόστον ὀ. 5.153, 13.379; προπηλακίσεις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 329b; δυστυχίας Isoc.4.169; πάθη D.18.41; οὐκ ὠδύραντο.. τὴν προκαταστροφήν Epicur.''Sent.''40.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen. pers., [[mourn for]], [[for the sake of]].., ὡς δὲ πατὴρ οὗ παιδὸς ὀ. Il.23.222, cf. 22.424, Od.4.104, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 387d; ἐπὶ πᾶσι Arist.''VV''1251b21.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ὀ. τινί</b> [[wail]] or [[lament to]] or [[before]], ἐξελθὼν λαιοῖσιν ὀ. Od.4.740; <b class="b3">ἀλλήλοισιν ὀδύρονται</b> [[wail aloud]] one to another, Il.2.290.<br><span class="bld">4</span> abs., [[wail]], [[mourn]], freq. in Hom., in part., -όμενος στεναχίζω Od.9.13; στοναχῇ τε γόῳ τε ἧσται ὀ. 16.145; ὀ. κατὰ θυμόν 18.203; <b class="b3">τίταῦτ' ὀδύρομαι</b>; why [[mourn]] I thus? E.''Andr.''397 (where Pors. restores <b class="b3">ταῦτα δύρομαι</b> for the caesura); θρηνοῦντός τε μου καὶ ὀδυρομένου Pl. ''Ap.''38d, cf. Phld.''Rh.''1.381 S., etc.