widowhood

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Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead

Sophocles, Antigone, 559-60

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. χηρεία, ἡ.

pass one's life in widowhood: P. καταχηρεύειν τὸν βίον (Dem. 852).

Translations

Danish: enkestand; Esperanto: vidvado; Finnish: leskeys; French: veuvage; Galician: viuvez; German: Witwenschaft, Witwentum, Witwenstand, Verwitwung; Greek: χηρεία; Ancient Greek: χηρεία; Hungarian: özvegység; Irish: baintreachas; Italian: vedovanza; Latin: viduitas; Maori: pouarutanga; Occitan: veusatge; Polish: wdowieństwo; Portuguese: viuvez; Romanian: văduvie; Russian: вдовство; Spanish: viudez, viudedad; Swedish: änkestånd; Turkish: dulluk