κώκυμα
From LSJ
Βίων δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Bion used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Bion said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A shriek, wail, in pl., λιγέα κ. A.Pers.332; ὀξέα S. Aj.321; ὔρθια Id.Ant.1206.