τραγῳδεῖν
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also τραγῳδέω): act a tragedy, be a ranter, declaim theatrically, narrate tragically, recite dramatically, recite in a tragic manner, repeat melodramatically, speak tragically
