θρηνεῖν
From LSJ
συνερκτικός γάρ ἐστι καὶ περαντικός, καὶ γνωμοτυπικὸς καὶ σαφὴς καὶ κρουστικός, καταληπτικός τ' ἄριστα τοῦ θορυβητικοῦ → he's intimidative, penetrative, aphoristically originative, clear and aggressive, and superlatively terminative of the obstreperative
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also θρηνέω): bewail, lament, make lamentation, sing a dirge over, sing a dirge, sing an elegy
