1. στένω · stenō — Beekes
to moan, drone, groan, lament
The corpus record
στένω
steno
to moan, drone, groan, lament
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Distribution
- Persians 9 · 17.68/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 5 · 9.93/10k
- Agamemnon 7 · 8.63/10k
- Prometheus Bound 5 · 8.5/10k
- Electra 6 · 6.91/10k
- Helen 6 · 6.13/10k
- Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
- Phoenissae 4 · 4.14/10k
- Orestes 4 · 4.08/10k
- Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
- Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
- Philoctetes 3 · 3.41/10k
Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. στένω · stenō — Chantraine
«gémir profondément et bruyamment », bien distinct de κλαίω, οἰμώζω, ὀλολύζω, et
3. στένω · stenō — Frisk
stöhnen, dröhnen, ächzen, jammern
4. στένω · stenō — LSJ
moan, sigh, groan
Attestations
- ἔστενε · estene Iliad 10.16
- ἔστενε · estene Iliad 18.33
- στένει · stenei Iliad 20.169
- ἔστενεν · estenen Iliad 23.230
- ἔστενε · estene Iliad 24.776
- ἔστενε · estene Odyssey 21.247
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1450-1451; entry #5774
Review: Under source audit
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- scan p. 1072; entry #7610 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1761-1762; entry #5364 Review: Under source audit
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