1. to weep aloud , (Herdotus Historicus); with accusative cognate, ἀπ. στόνον (Sophocles Tragicus)

2. ἀπ. τινα or τι to bewail much, mourn deeply for , (Aeschulus Tragicus); so in Mid. ἀποκλαίεσθαι κακά (Sophocles Tragicus); τὴν πενίαν (Aristophanes Comicus)

3. Mid. also, to cease to wail , (Lucian) (ML)