widow

From LSJ

Γέλως ἄκαιρος κλαυθμάτων παραίτιος → Grave est malum homini risus haud in tempus → Zur falschen Zeit gelacht, hat Tränen schon gebracht

Menander, Monostichoi, 88

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substantive

P. and V. χήρα, ἡ, or use adj., P. and V. ἄνανδρος (Plato).

be a widow, v.: P. and V. χηρεύειν.

verb transitive

V. χηροῦν (Euripides, Cyclops 304); see desolate.