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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀδυρμός (odurmós),[1] from ὀδύρομαι (odúromai). By surface analysis, οδύρ(ομαι) (odýr(omai)) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /o.ðiɾˈmos/
  • Hyphenation: ο‧δυρ‧μός

Noun

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οδυρμός (odyrmósm

  1. lamentation, wailing, loud weeping
    (θρήνος,) κλαυθμός και οδυρμός (literally or figuratively, originally biblical)
    (thrínos,) klafthmós kai odyrmós
    (lamentation,) weeping and wailing

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ οδυρμός”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998