πενθέω

pentheo

bewail, lament

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19225
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23283
Odyssey 2
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Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18174
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19120

Dictionary (LSJ)

πενθέω, Ep. 3dual πενθείετον Il. 23.283 ; Ep. inf. πενθήμεναι Od. 18.174, 19.120 : fut. -ήσω A. Fr. 207 : aor. ἐπένθησα Id. Ch. 173, Aeschin. 3.211 : pf. πεπένθηκα Luc. Demon. 25, (συμ-) D. 60.33 : (πένθος) :— A. bewail, lament, esp. for persons, νέκυν πενθῆσαι Il. 19.225, cf. Trag.Adesp. 331 ; πενθέειν τινα ὡς τεθνεῶτα Hdt. 4.95 ; π. γόοις A. Pers. 545 (anap.) ; π. τινὰς δημοσίᾳ Lys. 2.66 ; π. τινὰ τριχί A. Ch. 173 ; ἐπί τινι π. καὶ κείρασθαι Aeschin. 3.211 : abs., mourn, go into mourning, Pl. Phdr. 258b, etc.: c. acc. cogn., πενθεῖ νέον οἶκτον A. Supp. 64 :—Pass., to be mourned for, Isoc. 10.27 ; πένθος ἀμφί τινι πενθεῖται Arr. Tact. 33.4. 2. of things, π. κακά S. OT 1320, Lys. 2.2 ; πήματα S. OC 739; τύχας E. Med. 268.

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