θρῆνος

A. dirge, lament, Il. 24.721, Sapph. 136, Pi. I. 8(7).64, Hdt. 2.79,85, etc.; θ. οὑμός for me, A. Pr. 390; εἰπεῖν . . θ. θέλω ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς Id. Ag. 1322.

2. complaint, sad strain, h.Pan. 18; Τοργόνων οὔλιον θ. Pi. P. 12.8; θρῆνοι καὶ ὀδυρμοί Pl. R. 398d, etc.: pl., lamentations, θρήνων ᾠδάς S. El. 88 (lyr.), etc.; title of poems by Pindar, Stob. 4.39.6, etc. (Distd. fr. ἐπικήδειον by Trypho ap.Ammon. Diff. p.54 V. (cf. Ptol.Asc.p.404H.), ἐπικήδειον τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ κήδει, θ. δὲ ἐν ᾡδήποτε χρόνῳ.)