στοναχή

stonache

groaning, wailing

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 2 3
Chapter ?

239
2356
2590
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24512
Odyssey 1
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Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1439

Dictionary (LSJ)

στοναχή, ἡ, (στενάχω) A. groaning, wailing, Il. 24.512,696, Od. 16.144; σ. ἀγκαλέσωμαι E. Ph. 1499(lyr.): pl., groans, sighs, Il. 2.39, al., Pi. N. 10.75, S. Aj. 203(anap.), etc.; στοναγὰς μέλποντο τεκέων E. Andr. 1037 (lyr.); so στοναχῇσι θαλάσσης AP 7.142.

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