θρῆνος,ὁ, (θρέομαι)
A. dirge, lament, Il. 24.721 , Sapph. 136 , Pi. I. 8(7).64 , Hdt. 2.79 , 85 , etc.;θ. οὑμός forme, A. Pr. 390 ; εἰπεῖν . . θ. θέλω ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς
Id. Ag. 1322
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2. complaint, sad strain,
h.Pan. 18 ;Τοργόνων οὔλιον θ. Pi. P. 12.8 ; θρῆνοι καὶ ὀδυρμοί
Pl. R. 398d
, etc.: pl., lamentations, θρήνων ᾠδάς
S. El. 88
(lyr.), etc.; title of poems by Pindar, Stob. 4.39.6 , etc. (Distd. fr.ἐπικήδειονby Trypho ap. Ammon. Diff. p.54 V. (cf. Ptol.Asc. p.404H. ),ἐπικήδειον τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ κήδει, θ. δὲ ἐν ᾡδήποτε χρόνῳ.)