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γοάω

goao

groan, weep

Appears 23 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

γοάω, γοάει Mosch. 3.88, -άουσι A.R. 3.995, γοόωσι Q.S. 2.648: Dor. 3pl. -άοντι Mosch. 3.24; opt. γοάοιμεν Il. 24.664; γοάοιεν Od. 24 190; Ep. inf. γοήμεναι Il. 14.502; part. γοόων, -όωσα 6.373, etc.: Ep. impf. γόων Od. 10.567 (γόον Il. 6.500 may be aor.), Ion. γοάασκεν Od. 8.92: Ep. fut. γοήσομαι Il. 21.124, later γοήσω AP 7.638 (Crin.), Nonn. D. 2.137: aor. 1 ἐγόησα IG 12(7).445 (Amorgos), AP 7.599 (Jul.), 611 (Eutolm.):—Med., Trag. (v. infr.) and once in Prose, X. Cyr. 4.6.9:—Pass., v. infr.:—Α. groan, weep, Od. 8.92, etc.: c. acc., bewail, Il. 16.857, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος Mosch. 4.83:—Med. (never in Hom. exc. in fut.), γοᾶσθε A. Pers. 1072, cf. Ch. 632; ὀδύρματα τὴν Ἡράκλειον ἔξοδον γοωμένην S. Tr. 51; ἀμφί νιν γοώμενος ib.937:— Pass., γοᾶται A. Ch. 632; μακρὰ γοηθείς AP 7.371 (Crin.).
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