1. intransitive to be bereaved of a person or thing, with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer)

2. absolute to be bereaved of a husband, to be widowed, live in widowhood , (Demosthenes Orator), etc.;—;of a man, to be a widower , (Plutarch); so, χηρεύσει λέχος (Euripides)

3. to live in solitude , of an exile, (Sophocles Tragicus)

4. transitive to bereave , (Euripides) (ML)