What does θρήνος in Greek mean?

What is the meaning of the word θρήνος in Greek? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use θρήνος in Greek.

The word θρήνος in Greek means lament, γοερό κλάμα, μοιρολόι, μοιρολόγι, μοιρολόι, θρήνος, θρήνος, θρήνος, θρήνος, θρήνος, ρέκβιεμ, θρήνος, θρήνος, κλάμα, κλάμα. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word θρήνος

lament

γοερό κλάμα

(mournful cry)

Ακούγαμε το κλάμα των παιδιών από τον παιδικό σταθμό.
We heard the wail of children coming from the nursery.

μοιρολόι, μοιρολόγι

(funeral music)

One of his fellow soldiers played a dirge at his funeral.

μοιρολόι

(funeral lament)

The man's son read an elegy that made everyone in the room cry.

θρήνος

(elegy, mourning song)

θρήνος

(mournful crying)

We could hear the wailing of the women at the funeral.

θρήνος

(figurative (dreary music)

We left because the music playing in the bar was a dirge.

θρήνος

(expression of sorrow)

θρήνος

(literary (lament)

ρέκβιεμ

(figurative (lament for sth lost) (μεταφορικά)

θρήνος

(expression of grief)

We could hear the laments of the women inside the compound.

θρήνος

(formal (lament)

Οι συγγενείς ξέσπασαν σε έναν σπαρακτικό θρήνο πάνω από το πτώμα.
The relatives let out a mournful keen over the corpse.

κλάμα

(crying)

The weeping grew in intensity as the coffin was lowered into the ground.

κλάμα

(colloquial (crying spell)

Mary felt better after having a weep.

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