1. to moan, sigh, groan , (Homer)

2. with genitive to moan or sigh for , (Euripides); ὑπέρ τινος (Aeschulus Tragicus); τινί or ἐπί τινι (Euripides); with accusative cognate, πένθος οἰκεῖον στ. (Sophocles Tragicus):—;Mid. (Aeschulus Tragicus)

3. with accusative to bewail, lament , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; στένειν τινὰ τῆς τύχης to pity him for his ill fortune, (Aeschulus Tragicus): so in Mid. στένεσθαί τινα (Euripides) (ML)