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στένω , only pres. and impf.: Ep. impf.
2. after Hom., c. gen., moan or sigh for . . , “ἙλλάδοςE.IA 370 (troch.); also “ὑπέρ τινωνA.Pr.68; “κακοῖςId.Pers.295; “ἐπί τινιE.Hipp.903; “ἀμφ᾽ ἐμοίS.El.1180:—Med., “περί τιναςA.Pers.62 (anap.).
3. c. acc., bewail, lament, in Trag., A.Pr.435 (lyr.), S.OT64, Ph.338, al.; “παλαιὰ καινοῖς δακρύοις οὐ χρὴ στένεινE.Fr.43: rarely in Com., abs., Ar.Ec.462, Men.Her.5, Kith.Fr.1.2: c. acc. et gen., “κακῶν σῶν, Οἰδίπου, ς᾿ ὅσον στένωE.Ph.1425; στένω σε τᾶς τύχας I pity thee for thy ill fortune, A.Pr.399 (lyr.):—Med., “στένεσθαί τιναE.Ba.1372 (anap.). (Cf. Skt. stánati 'thunder, roar', Lith. stenēti 'groan'.)
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