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στένω

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Gloss: to moan

Transliteration: stenō

Strong’s: G9162

1. to moan, sigh, groan , (Homer)
2. with genitive to moan or sigh for , (Euripides); ὑπέρ τινος (Aeschulus Tragicus); τινί or ἐπί τινι (Euripides); with accusative cognate, πένθος οἰκεῖον στ. (Sophocles Tragicus):—;Mid., (Aeschulus Tragicus)
3. with accusative to bewail, lament , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; στένειν τινὰ τῆς τύχης to pity him for his ill fortune, (Aeschulus Tragicus): so in Mid., στένεσθαί τινα (Euripides) (ML)
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