ὀλόφυρσις
γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, = ὀλοφυρμός (lamentation), τὴν ὀ. τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι Th.1.143; τὰς ὀ. τῶν ἀπογιγνομένων lamentations for.., Id.2.51, cf. J. BJ Prooem.4, Philostr.VA 4.45.
German (Pape)
[Seite 327] ἡ, = ὀλοφυρμός; Thuc. 1, 143; τινός, um einen, 2, 51; Plut. cons. ad. ux. 4.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
lamentation.
Étymologie: ὀλοφύρομαι.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὀλόφυρσις: εως ἡ сетование, скорбь, оплакивание (τινος Thuc.; παιδικαί Plut.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀλόφυρσις: ἡ, = ὀλοφυρμός, Θουκ. 1. 143· τὰς ὀλοφύρσεις τῶν ἀπογιγνομένων, διὰ τοὺς ..., ὁ αὐτ. 2. 51.
Greek Monolingual
ὀλόφυρσις, ἡ (ΑΜ)
ολοφυρμός, θρήνος, οδυρμός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀλοφύρομαι. Το ουσ. ὀλόφύρσις είναι περισσότερο αφηρημένο σε σχέση με το ὀλοφυρμός και δηλώνει κυρίως τους θρήνους που έχουν ιδιαίτερη τελετουργική αξία].
Greek Monotonic
ὀλόφυρσις: ἡ, = ὀλοφυρμός, σε Θουκ.· ὀλοφύρσεις τῶν ἀπογιγνομένων, θρηνωδίες για τους πεθαμένους, στον ίδ.
Middle Liddell
ὀλόφυρσις, εως, = ὀλοφυρμός, Thuc.] [from ὀλοφύρομαι
ὀλοφύρσεις τῶν ἀπογιγνομένων lamentations for the departed, Thuc.
Translations
lamentation
Armenian: ողբ; Bulgarian: вопъл, ридание, оплакване, тъга, печал; Central Kurdish: ئاخ و واخ; Dutch: geklaag, geweeklaag, klagen, weeklagen, lamentatie, rouwklacht; Greek: θρήνος; Ancient Greek: ἀνάκλαυσις, ἀπολόφυρσις, βρυχηθμός, γόος, ἐπιθρήνησις, θρῆνος, θρηνῳδία, κωκυτός, οἴκτισμα, οἰκτισμός, οἰμωγά, οἰμωγή, ὀλολυγμός, ὀλοφυδνός, ὀλοφυρμός, ὀλόφυρσις, πένθημα, ποτνιασμός, στόνος, σχετλιάσις; Ewe: konyifafa; Finnish: valitus, sureminen, valitusvirsi; Irish: acaoineadh; Italian: lamento; Latin: lamentatio, lamentum; Plautdietsch: Jauma; Polish: lament, lamentowanie, lamentacja; Romanian: doliu, lamentare, lamentație; Russian: плач, стенание; Tocharian B: kwasalñe
