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θρηνῳδία

θρηνῳδία

Ancient Greek

Noun

θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱ (thrēnōidíā) f (genitive θρηνῳδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. lamentation, mourning
    • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 604.d
      τάχιστα γίγνεσθαι πρὸς τὸ ἰᾶσθαί τε καὶ ἐπανορθοῦν τὸ πεσόν τε καὶ νοσῆσαν, ἰατρικῇ θρηνῳδίαν ἀφανίζοντα.
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.657.a

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