Αἴαγμα

wail, wailing

Translated by Anne Mahoney21 May 1999Vetting: high6 revisions

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[Meaning a] lament.
Also [meaning an] affliction.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἴαγμα· θρῆνος. καὶ σύντριμμα.

Betacode

*ai)/agma: qrh=nos. kai\ su/ntrimma.

The headword, a neuter noun in the nominative/accusative singular, is attested in this form only in lexicography. Euripides uses it numerous times in plural oblique forms, e.g. Alcestis 873 (web address 1).
cf. alphaiota 4 for a related verb.