στοναχέω

stonacheo

groan, sigh

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 5 2
Chapter ?

583
5157
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16144
Book 21 2
Chapter ?

21237
21383
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22501
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24416
Iliad 2
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Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18124
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24696

Dictionary (LSJ)

στοναχέω, 3pl. -εῦντι Mosch. 3.28: aor. ἐστονάχησα, the only tense used by Hom., (ἐπ-) Il. 24.79, inf. στοναχῆσαι 18.124, cf. Q.S. 1.573:—A. Ep. form of στενάχω, groan, sigh, Il. l.c.; σ. πόντος Orph. H. 38.17. II. trans., sigh, groan over or for, τινα S. El. 133 (prob. f.l., στενάχειν cj. Elmsl., lyr.), cf. Mosch. 3.28.

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