1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Threnody

THRENODY, a lament written in verse, a dirge, a funeral ode composed in honour of a dead personage. The word is an adaptation of the Greek θρηνῳδία, a funeral dirge, from θρῆνος lamentation, wailing, θρέομαι, I cry aloud, and ᾠδή, a song, ode, ᾄδειν, to sing.