bewail
From LSJ
κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ὀδύρεσθαι, ἀποδύρεσθαι, κλάειν (or mid. in V.), πενθεῖν, θρηνεῖν, ἀποκλάειν (or mid.), δακρύειν, στένειν (Dem. but rare P.), στενάζειν (Dem. but rare P.), Ar. and V. γοᾶσθαι, κωκύειν, οἰμώζειν, ἀποιμώζειν, V. κατοιμώζειν, καταστένειν, ἀναστένειν, ἀνακωκύειν (absol.). ἀνολολύζειν, δύρεσθαι, P. ἀπολοφύρεσθαι, ἀνολοφύρεσθαι; see lament, wail.
Met., be vexed at: Ar. and P. ἀγανακτεῖν (dat.), χαλεπαίνειν (dat.), V. δυσφορεῖν (dat.), πικρῶς φέρω, πικρῶς φέρειν (acc.); see under vex.
