θρῆνος, ὁ,
(θρέομαι) dirge, lament, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.721, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 136, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).64, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79, 85, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; θ. οὑμός for me, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 390; εἰπεῖν.. θ. θέλω ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς [prev. author] “Ag.” 1322. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 complaint, sad strain, [[ hymnus ad Panem 18] Refs]; Τοργόνων οὔλιον θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.8; θρῆνοι καὶ ὀδυρμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398d, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, lamentations, θρήνων ᾠδάς [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 88 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; title of poems by Pindar, [[ 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.6, etc. (Distd. from ἐπικήδειον by 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.54 V. (cf. Ptol.Asc. p.404H.), ἐπικήδειον τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ κήδει, θ. δὲ ἐν ᾡδήποτε χρόνῳ.) ] Refs 1st c.BC+]