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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἰμώζω (oimṓzō) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oi̯.mɔː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /y.moˈʝi/ → /i.moˈʝi/
Noun
οἰμωγή • (oimōgḗ) f (genitive οἰμωγῆς); first declension
- wailing, lamentation, cry of grief
Declension
Further reading
- “οἰμωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οἰμωγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “οἰμωγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- οἰμωγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- οἰμωγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963