mourning

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

See lamentation.

outward tokens of sorrow: P. and V. πένθος, τό, V. κουρά, ἡ (lit., shaving of the head), πένθημα, τό. assume mourning, v.; P. and V. πενθεῖν.

join in assuming mourning: P. and V. συμπενθεῖν (dat.).

honour with mourning and all other usual rites: P. τιμᾶν… ἐσθήμασί τε καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις νομίμοις (Thuc. 3, 58).

mourning garments: V. μελάμπεπλος στολή, ἡ.

his head shaved in sign of mourning for his daughter: V. κουρᾷ… θυγατρὸς πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος (Euripides, Orestes 458).

of mourning, adj.: V. πένθιμος, πενθητήριος.