elegy

From LSJ

ἔσῃ γὰρ ὡς πετεινοῦ ἀνιπταμένου νεοσσὸς ἀφῃρημένος → for you will be as a nestling taken away from a bird that is flying

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. θρῆνος. ὁ (Plato), P. θρηνῳδία, ἡ (Plato), V. θρηνήματα, τά.

sing an elegy, v.: P. and V. θρηνεῖν; see dirge.