οἴκτιστος

oiktistos

most pitiable, lamentable

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 6
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Book 11 1
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11412
Book 12 2
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12258
12342
Book 22 1
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22472
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

2379
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

2434
Iliad 1
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Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2276

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἴκτιστος, η, ον, irreg. Sup. of οἰκτρός, A. most pitiable, lamentable, οἴ . . . δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσιν Il. 22.76 ; θάνον οἰ. θανάτῳ Od. 11.412 ; Ἀτθίσιν οἰκτίστη, σὸν φάος, Ἠριγόνη Call. Aet. 1.1.4 ; οἴ. δὴ κεῖνο ἴδον Od. 12.258 ; οἴ. ἔλεγοι A.R. 2.782 : neut. pl. οἴκτιστα as Adv., Od. 22.472 : also in late Prose, Onos. 42.21, Luc. Anach. 11. Adv. -τως Phalar. Ep. 96.

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