The corpus record

θρηνώδ-ης

threnodes

like a dirge, fit for a dirge

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Where it lives

Republic 3 · 0.34/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

like a dirge, fit for a dirge, mournful mood

like a dirge, fit for a dirge, ἁρμονίαι Pl. R. 398e, 411a; ὀδυρμός Tim. Pers. 113; φθόγγος, μέλος, Plu. Sull. 7, Hdn. 4.2.5; τὸ θ. τῆς ψυχῆς mournful mood, Plu. Praec. 2.822c.

= θρηνητικός, of persons, Pl. Lg. 792b; τὸ θ. Id. R. 606b.

In the wild

θρηνώδης · thrēnōdēs Plato, Laws 792
θρηνώδους · thrēnōdous Plato, Republic 10.606 (DIORISIS sentence 6118)
θρηνώδεις · thrēnōdeis Plato, Republic 3.398 (DIORISIS sentence 1725)
θρηνώδεις · thrēnōdeis Plato, Republic 3.411 (DIORISIS sentence 1991)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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