threnos
noun
thre·nos
ˈthrēˌnäs
variants or less commonly threnus
-ēnəs
plural threnoi
-ēˌnȯi
also threni -ēˌnī
: threnody
especially : a lyrical lament over a victim of the catastrophe in a tragedy
Word History
Etymology
threnos, from Greek thrēnos; threnus from Late Latin, from Greek thrēnos