| Figure Name | threnos |
| Source | Peacham (1593) |
| Earliest Source | |
| Synonyms | lamentatio, luctus |
| Etymology | |
| Type | Trope |
| Linguistic Domain |
Semantic |
| Definition |
1. Threnos is latine Lamentatio, and Luctus, is a forme of speech by which the Orator lamenteth some person or people for the miserie they suffer, or the speaker his owne calamitie. (Peacham) |
| Example |
1. An example of the Prophet Jeremy: “O that my head were full of water, and mine eyes a fountain of teares, that I might weepe day and night, for the staine of the daughter of my people.” Jerem.9. (Peacham) 1. Job lamenteth his owne miserie in this maner: “Why died not I in the birth? Why did not I perish assoone as I came out of the wombe? Why set they me upon their knees? Why gave they me sucke with their brests?” Job.3. (Peacham) |
| Kind Of | |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | figures of exclamation, figures of pathos |
| Notes | "As the use of this figure riseth from the feeling of miserie, so it serveth and is most forcible and mightie to move pittie and compassion in the hearer" (Peacham) |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
| Confidence | Unconfident |
| Editorial Notes | Is figures of exclamation the same as figures of pathos? |
| Reviewed | No |