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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120

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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: χηραιότης, χηρεία, χήρευσις, χηροσύνη; 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

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