P e n t h o s
     
     
  • I.1. - grief, sorrow, Hom. Il. 11.658, etc.; tinos for one, Hom. Od. 18.324, etc.; penthos alaston echousa Hom. Il. 24.105 ; penthos lanchanein S.Fr.659 ; Trôas labe penthos Hom. Il. 16.548, etc. ; mega penthos Achaiida gaian hikanei au=Hom. Il. 1.254, etc.; pentheï d' atlêtôi bebolêato pantes au=Hom. Il. 9.3 ; thumos eteireto penthos lugrôi au=Hom. Il. 22.242, etc.
  • I.2: - especially of grief for the dead, mourning, tokeusi goon kai penthos ethêkas au=Hom. Il. 17.37 ; paidos gar hoi alaston eni phresi penthos ekeitoHom. Od. 24.423
  • II.- unhappy event, misfortune, penthos tinos one's illfortune.
  • III.- of a person, a misery

  • Links:

    • Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek: penthos



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