θρηνῳδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρηνῴδης (thrēnṓidēs, like or fit for a dirge) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

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Noun

θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ (thrēnōidíā) f (genitive θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. lamentation, mourning
    • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 604d:
      τάχιστα γίγνεσθαι πρὸς τὸ ἰᾶσθαί τε καὶ ἐπανορθοῦν τὸ πεσόν τε καὶ νοσῆσαν, ἰατρικῇ θρηνῳδίαν ἀφανίζοντα.
      tákhista gígnesthai pròs tò iâsthaí te kaì epanorthoûn tò pesón te kaì nosêsan, iatrikêi thrēnōidían aphanízonta.
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.657a

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