moan
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. οἰμωγή, ἡ (Thuc.), στόνος, ὁ (Thuc.), P. ὀλόφυρσις, ἡ, Ar. and P. ὀλοφυρμός, ὁ, V. οἴμωγμα, τό, στεναγμός, ὁ (Plato also but rare P.), κωκυτός, ὁ, κωκύματα. τά, Ar. and V. γόος, ὁ, or pl., στέναγμα, τό; see groan.
of inanimate things: P. and V. ψόφος, ὁ.
verb transitive
See bemoan.
verb intransitive
P. and V. στένειν (Dem. 300 and 308), στενάζειν (Dem. 835), ἀνοιμώζειν (Thuc. 3, 113), V. αἰάζειν, φεύζειν, ἀναστένειν, καταστένειν, ἀνακωκύειν, ἀναμυχθίζεσθαι, ἐξοιμώζειν, κατοιμώζειν, ἀποιμώζειν, ἀνολολύζειν, P. ὀλοφύρεσθαι, ἀνολοφύρεσθαι, Ar. and V. οἰμώζειν, ἀποιμώζειν, γοᾶσθαι, κωκύειν.
moan in low tones: Ar. and V. ὑποστένειν, V. ὑποστενάζειν.