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στενάχω

στενάχω, to sigh, groan, wail

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στενάχουσʼ present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular of στενάχω

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στενάχω [ᾰ], poet. lengthd. form of στένω, only pres. and impf., Ep. στενάχεσκον Il. 19.132, Q.S. 3.549 (aor. is ἐστονάχησα, v. στοναχέω), and mostly in pres. part.:—
  • groan, sigh, wail, freq. in Hom., ἁδινὰ σ. Il. 24.123, al.; βαρέα σ. 8.334, al.; βαρὺ σ. Od. 8.95, 534; μεγάλα (as v.l. for βαρέα) 4.516, 23.317; πυκνὰ μάλα σ. Il. 18.318, 21.417; also in Trag. (lyr.), as S. El. 141; πατρός (dub. l.) ib. 1076: metaph. of the roar of torrents, Il. 16.391 (Med. of the loud breathing of horses galloping, ib. 393); θὴρ . . στενάχων βρέμει A.R. 1.1247; στοᾶς στεναχούσης groaning from being overcrowded, Ar. Ach. 548.
      • 2 Med. in act. sense, Ep. impf. στενάχοντο Il. 19.301, 23.1, al.
    • II trans., bewail, lament, τὴν αἰεὶ στενάχεσκε 19.132, cf. Callin. 1.17; so in Trag. (lyr.), τὸ παρόν . . πῆμα στενάχω A. Pr. 99 (anap.), cf. E. Ph. 1551 (lyr.), al.:—Med., τοὺς δὲ στενάχοντο Od. 9.467. Cf. στεναχίζω, στοναχέω.

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