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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στενάχω (stenákhō, “to groan, wail, sigh”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sto.na.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /sto.naˈçi/ → /sto.naˈçi/
Noun
στονᾰχή • (stonakhḗ) f (genitive στονᾰχῆς); first declension
- (mostly in the plural) groaning, wailing, sighing
Declension
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Further reading
- “στοναχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στοναχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “στοναχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- στοναχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στοναχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963