οἰκτρός
oiktros
pitiable
Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
οἰκτρός, ά, όν, of persons,
‹ All lexicon entries pitiable, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον οἰκτρός Il. 11.242, cf. Supp. 61 (lyr.), OT 58, etc.: c. gen., οἰκτροὶ τῆς μεταβολῆς to be pitied for . . , Flam. 13.
2. of things, pitiable, lamentable, ἕτερα πεπόνθαμεν -ότερα 7.46 ; οἰκτρὰ λογοποιοῦντες Cyr. 2.2.13 ; συμφορὰ οἰ. O. 7.77 ; -ότατος θάνατος P. 3.42 ; πημοναί, ἄλγος, Pr. 240, 435 (lyr.), etc.; οἰκτρὰ γὰρ βόσκειν [ἡ κήρ] Ph. 1167 (lyr.) ; οἰκτρόν [ἐστι] c. inf., Th. 321 (lyr.).
3. in contemptuous sense, οἰ. τέκνα sorry fellows, Epigr. 57 ; παιδίσκη Chr. 23 ; οἰ. τραγῳδία miserable, 1691.34.
II. in act. sense, wailing piteously, piteous, -οτάτην δʼ ἤκουσα ὄπα Od. 11.421, cf. El. 1067 (lyr.) ; οἰκτρᾶς γόον ὄρνιθος, of the nightingale, Aj. 629 (lyr.) : neut. pl. as Adv., οἴκτρʼ ὀλοφυρομένη Od. 4.719, cf. 10.409, al. : regul. Adv. οἰκτρῶς Pers. 688, El. 102 (anap.), al., 4.39, 32.10 : Comp. -ότερα AP 10.65 (): Sup. -ότατα Hel. 1209.—Besides οἰκτρότερος, οἰκτρότατος, we find Sup. οἴκτιστος (q. v.) ; οἰκτότερον is f.l. in 7.46.