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στενάχω

στενάχω, to sigh, groan, wail

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στενάχουσιν present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of στενάχω

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στενάχω [ᾰ], poet. lengthd. form of στένω, only pres. and impf., Ep. στενάχεσκον Il. 19.132, Q.S. 3.549 (aor. is ἐστονάχησα, v. στοναχέω), and mostly in pres. part.:—
  • groan, sigh, wail, freq. in Hom., ἁδινὰ σ. Il. 24.123, al.; βαρέα σ. 8.334, al.; βαρὺ σ. Od. 8.95, 534; μεγάλα (as v.l. for βαρέα) 4.516, 23.317; πυκνὰ μάλα σ. Il. 18.318, 21.417; also in Trag. (lyr.), as S. El. 141; πατρός (dub. l.) ib. 1076: metaph. of the roar of torrents, Il. 16.391 (Med. of the loud breathing of horses galloping, ib. 393); θὴρ . . στενάχων βρέμει A.R. 1.1247; στοᾶς στεναχούσης groaning from being overcrowded, Ar. Ach. 548.
      • 2 Med. in act. sense, Ep. impf. στενάχοντο Il. 19.301, 23.1, al.
    • II trans., bewail, lament, τὴν αἰεὶ στενάχεσκε 19.132, cf. Callin. 1.17; so in Trag. (lyr.), τὸ παρόν . . πῆμα στενάχω A. Pr. 99 (anap.), cf. E. Ph. 1551 (lyr.), al.:—Med., τοὺς δὲ στενάχοντο Od. 9.467. Cf. στεναχίζω, στοναχέω.

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