1. θρῆνος · thrēnos — Beekes
dirge, lament, lamentation
The corpus record
θρῆνος
threnos
dirge, lament, lamentation
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Distribution
- Amos 3 · 9.75/10k
- Machabaeourum III 3 · 5.97/10k
- Electra 5 · 5.76/10k
- Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
- Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
- Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
- Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
- Ezechiel 10 · 3.46/10k
- Helen 3 · 3.07/10k
- Philebus 5 · 2.84/10k
Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. θρῆνος · thrēnos — Chantraine
m
3. θρῆνος · thrēnos — LSJ
dirge, lament
Attestations
- θρήνων · thrēnōn Iliad 24.721
- θρήνους · thrēnous Plato, Republic 3.387 (DIORISIS sentence 1490)
- θρήνους · thrēnous Plato, Republic 3.388 (DIORISIS sentence 1496)
- θρήνοις · thrēnois Plato, Republic 3.395 (DIORISIS sentence 1660)
- θρήνων · thrēnōn Plato, Republic 3.398 (DIORISIS sentence 1723)
- θρήνους · thrēnous Plato, Republic 9.578 (DIORISIS sentence 5455)
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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 p. 601; entry #2598 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 454; entry #3203 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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