plaint

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Οὔκ ἔστιν οὕτω μῶρος ὃς θανεῖν ἐρᾷ → No one is so foolish that they wish to die

Sophocles, Antigone, 220

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substantive

P. and V. ὀδυρμός, ὁ, οἶκτος, ὁ, οἰμωγή, ἡ (Thuc. but rare P.), στόνος, ὁ (Thuc. but rare P.), V. οἰκτίσματα, τά, οἴμωγμα, τό, Ar. and V. στέναγμα, τό; see lamentation.