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οἰκτρός

οἰκτρός, pitiable, in piteous plight

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οἰκτροτάτα feminine nominative dual superlative, feminine vocative dual superlative, feminine accusative dual superlative, feminine nominative singular superlative, feminine vocative singular superlative of οἰκτρός

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οἰκτρός, ά, όν, of persons,
  • pitiable, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον οἰκτρός Il. 11.242, cf. A. Supp. 61 (lyr.), S. OT 58, etc.: c. gen., οἰκτροὶ τῆς μεταβολῆς to be pitied for . ., Plu. Flam. 13.
      • 2 of things, pitiable, lamentable, ἕτερα πεπόνθαμεν -ότερα Hdt. 7.46; οἰκτρὰ λογοποιοῦντες X. Cyr. 2.2.13; συμφορὰ οἰ. Pi. O. 7.77; -ότατος θάνατος Id. P. 3.42; πημοναί, ἄλγος, A. Pr. 240, 435 (lyr.), etc.; οἰκτρὰ γὰρ βόσκειν [ἡ κήρ] S. Ph. 1167 (lyr.); οἰκτρόν [ἐστι] c. inf., A. Th. 321 (lyr.).
      • 3 in contemptuous sense, οἰ. τέκνα sorry fellows, Aus. Epigr. 57; παιδίσκη Porph. Chr. 23; οἰ. τραγῳδία miserable, Eust. 1691.34.
    • II in act. sense, wailing piteously, piteous, -οτάτην δʼ ἤκουσα ὄπα Od. 11.421, cf. S. El. 1067 (lyr.); οἰκτρᾶς γόον ὄρνιθος, of the nightingale, Id. Aj. 629 (lyr.): neut. pl. as Adv., οἴκτρʼ ὀλοφυρομένη Od. 4.719, cf. 10.409, al.: regul. Adv. οἰκτρῶς A. Pers. 688, S. El. 102 (anap.), al., And. 4.39, Lys. 32.10: Comp. -ότερα AP 10.65 (Pall.): Sup. -ότατα E. Hel. 1209.—Besides οἰκτρότερος, οἰκτρότατος, we find Sup. οἴκτιστος (q. v.); οἰκτότερον is f.l. in Hdt. 7.46.

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