θρῆνος
θεοὶ μὲν γὰρ μελλόντων, ἄνθρωποι δὲ γιγνομένων, σοφοὶ δὲ προσιόντων αἰσθάνονται → because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (θρέομαι)
A dirge, lament, Il.24.721, Sapph.136, Pi.I.8(7).64, Hdt.2.79,85, etc.; θ. οὑμός for me, A.Pr.390; εἰπεῖν . . θ. θέλω ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς Id.Ag.1322. 2 complaint, sad strain, h.Pan.18; Τοργόνων οὔλιον θ. Pi.P.12.8; θρῆνοι καὶ ὀδυρμοί Pl.R.398d, etc.: pl., lamentations, θρήνων ᾠδάς S.El.88 (lyr.), etc.; title of poems by Pindar, Stob.4.39.6, etc. (Distd. fr. ἐπικήδειον by Trypho ap.Ammon. Diff.p.54 V. (cf. Ptol.Asc.p.404H.), ἐπικήδειον τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ κήδει, θ. δὲ ἐν ᾡδήποτε χρόνῳ.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1218] ὁ (vgl. θρέομαι), das Wehklagen, bes. die Todtenklage, Il. 24, 721, das Klagelied, H. h. 18, 18; Γοργόνων οὔλιος θρ. Pind. P. 13, 8, vgl. I. 7, 58. Oft Tragg., ἐπιτυμβίδιοι Aesch. Ch. 338, καὶ γόοι Eur. Med. 1208; auch in Prosa, καὶ ὀδυρμοί Plat. Rep. III, 398 d; καὶ τραγῳδίαι Phil. 50 a; πολλοὶ ἐπὶ σμικροῖς παθήμασι θρ. Rep. III, 388 d. Nach Poll. 6, 202 auch = θρηνῳδός.
