οἰμωγή

oimoge

wailing, lamentation

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 4 1
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4450
Book 8 1
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864
Book 22 1
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22447
Odyssey 1
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Book 20 1
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20353

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰμωγή, ἡ, A. 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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