threne

== English == === Etymology === From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θɹiːn/ Rhymes: -iːn === Noun === threne (plural threnes) a dirge or lamentation 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI That City's sombre Patroness and Queen, In bronze sublimity she gazes forth Over her Capital of teen and threne ==== Related terms ==== threnody ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== coronach lament elegy dirge === Anagrams === ethren, nether, Herent, nether-