lamentation
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. οἰμωγή, ἡ (Thuc.), στόνος, ὁ (Thuc.), ὀδυρμός, ὁ (Isoc. and Plat.), οἶκτος, ὁ, Ar. and P. ὀλοφυρμός, ὁ, P. ὀλόφυρσις, ἡ, Ar. and V. στέναγμα, τό, γόος, ὁ, V. οἰκτίσματα, τά, οἴμωγμα, τό, στεναγμός, ὁ (also Plat. but rare P.), ὀδύρματα, τά, κωκυτός, ὁ, κωκύματα, τά.
dirge: P. and V. θρῆνος, ὁ (Plat.), P. θρηνῳδία, ἡ (Plat.), V. θρηνήματα, τά.
mourning: P. and V. πένθος, τό, V. πένθημα, τό.
sorrow: P. and V. λυπή, ἡ, ἀνία, ἡ, Ar. and V. ἄλγος, τό, V. δύη. ἡ, πῆμα, τό, πημονή, ἡ; see sorrow.
