στεναγμός

See also: στέναγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στενάζω (stenázō, “to sigh, groan”) +‎ -μός (-mós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ste.naŋ.mós/ → /ste.naɣˈmos/ → /ste.naɣˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ste.naŋ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ste.naɡˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ste.naɣˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ste.naɣˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ste.naɣˈmos/

Noun

στεναγμός • (stenagmós) m (genitive στενᾰγμοῦ); second declension

1. sighing, groaning

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ στενᾰγμός; τοῦ στενᾰγμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στενᾰγμός ho stenagmós	τὼ στενᾰγμώ tṑ stenagmṓ	οἱ στενᾰγμοί hoi stenagmoí
Genitive	τοῦ στενᾰγμοῦ toû stenagmoû	τοῖν στενᾰγμοῖν toîn stenagmoîn	τῶν στενᾰγμῶν tôn stenagmôn
Dative	τῷ στενᾰγμῷ tôi stenagmôi	τοῖν στενᾰγμοῖν toîn stenagmoîn	τοῖς στενᾰγμοῖς toîs stenagmoîs
Accusative	τὸν στενᾰγμόν tòn stenagmón	τὼ στενᾰγμώ tṑ stenagmṓ	τοὺς στενᾰγμούς toùs stenagmoús
Vocative	στενᾰγμέ stenagmé	στενᾰγμώ stenagmṓ	στενᾰγμοί stenagmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “στεναγμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “στεναγμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• στεναγμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “στεναγμός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “στεναγμός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στεναγμός (stenagmós), from στενάζω (stenázō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stenaˈɣmos/
• Hyphenation: στε‧να‧γμός

Noun

στεναγμός • (stenagmós) m (plural στεναγμοί)

1. sigh, groan (low sound uttered in pain or grief)
   • 1964, Lefteris Papadopoulos/Stavros Xarchakos, Άπονη Ζωή:

     Μας γέννησες φτωχούς
     με την καρδιά πικρή
     γεμάτη στεναγμούς.

     Mas génnises ftochoús
     me tin kardiá pikrí
     gemáti stenagmoús.

     You gave birth to us poor,
     With a bitter heart
     Full of sighs.

2. (figuratively) lament

Declension

Declension of στεναγμός

	singular	plural
nominative	στεναγμός (stenagmós)	στεναγμοί (stenagmoí)
genitive	στεναγμού (stenagmoú)	στεναγμών (stenagmón)
accusative	στεναγμό (stenagmó)	στεναγμούς (stenagmoús)
vocative	στεναγμέ (stenagmé)	στεναγμοί (stenagmoí)

Synonyms

• (lament): θρήνος m (thrínos)

Derived terms

• αναστεναγμός m (anastenagmós)