στεναχίζω

stenachizo

groan, sigh, wail

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

στεναχίζω or στονᾰχίζω (the latter form is a freq. v.l. in Hom.), Ep. lengthd. form of στενάχω (q.v.), only pres. and impf., A. groan, sigh, wail, Il. 19.304, Od. 9.13, 11.214, Hes. Th. 858; μεγάλα σ. Il. 23.172; ἁδινὰ σ. ib.225, Od. 24.317:—Med., μέγα -ίζετο γαῖα Il. 2.784, cf. 7.95. II. perh. trans. (cf. στενάχω II), bewail, lament, c. acc., Od. 1.243.
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