στένω,
only present and imperfect: Epic dialect imperfect στένον [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below)] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— poetical Verb, moan, sigh, groan, μέγα δ᾽ ἔστενε κυδάλιμον κῆρ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.16, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.247, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.33; ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίῃ σ. ἄλκιμον ἦτορ 20.169 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the sea, ὁ δ᾽ ἔστενεν οἴδματι θύων [[ 23.230; στένει βυθός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 432 (Lyric poetry); ἐκοίμισε στένοντα πόντον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 675 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the turtledove, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.141 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in Trag. of persons groaning aloud, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 285, “Ag.” 445 (Lyric poetry); δμωαῖς προθήσειν πένθος.. στένειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1249 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle, κλαίω, στένομαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 873 (_anapaest meter_); στενομένα πόλις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 721 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], with genitive, moan or sigh for.. , Ἑλλάδος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 370 (troch.); also ὑπέρ τινων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 68; κακοῖς [prev. author] “Pers.” 295; ἐπί τινι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 903; ἀμφ᾽ ἐμοί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1180 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, περί τινας [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 62 (_anapaest meter_). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative, bewail, lament, in Trag., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 435 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 64, “Ph.” 338, +others; παλαιὰ καινοῖς δακρύοις οὐ χρὴ στένειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 43 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in Comedy texts, absolutely, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 462, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἥρως” 5, “Kith.fragment” 1.2: with _accusative_ et _genitive_, κακῶν σῶν, Οἰδίπου, σ ὅσον στένω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1425 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; στένω σε τᾶς τύχας I pity thee for thy ill fortune, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 399 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, στένεσθαί τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1372 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit stánati 'thunder, roar', Lithuanian stenēti 'groan'.)