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οἰμωγή

οἰμωγή, loud wailing, lamentation

οἰμ-ωγή, ἡ,
  • wailing, lamentation, κωκυτῷ καὶ οἰμωγῇ Il. 22.409; οἰ. τεστοναχῇ τε 24.696; ἅμʼ οἰ. τε καὶ εὐχωλὴ πέλεν ἀνδρῶν 4.450, quoted by Ar. Pax 1276; οἰμωγῇ διαχρέεσθαι Hdt. 3.66, cf. 8.99; οἰμωγὴ . . ὁμοῦ κωκύμασιν A. Pers. 426; πικρᾶς οἰ. S. Ph. 190 (lyr.); ἐξῴμωξεν οἰ. λυγράς Id. Aj. 317; στεναγμὸν οἰμωγήν θʼ ὁμοῦ E. Heracl. 833; οἰμωγῇ τε καὶ στόνῳ Th. 7.71; ἡ οἰ. ἐκ τοῦ Πειραιῶς διὰ τῶν μακρῶν τειχῶν εἰς ἄστυ διῆκεν X. HG 2.2.3; cf. τήκω.

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