ὀλοφύρομαι

ὀλοφύρομαι [ῡ], used mostly in pres. : but fut. ὀλοφυροῦνται Lys. 29.4 codd. (-ονται edd.) : aor. ὠλοφυράμην Id. 2.37 ; Ep. (without augm.) ὀλοφύραο, ὀλοφύρατο, Od. 11.418, Il. 8.245 :—Pass., aor. part. ὀλοφυρθείς in same signf., Th. 6.78 :—an Aeol. form ὀλοφύρρω cited by Hdn.Gr.2.949. I. intr., lament, wail, moan, freq. in pres. part., Il. 5.871, al. : with an Adv., πόλλʼ ὀλοφυρόμενοι 24.328 ; οἴκτρʼ ὀλοφυρομένους Od. 10.409 ; αἴνʼ ὀ. 22.447, cf. Hdt. 2.141, Democr. 107a ; ὀ. κακοῖς Th. 6.78 : abs., Pl. R. 329a. 2. lament or mourn for the ills of others : hence, feel pity, ὀλοφύρεται ἦτορ Il. 16.450 ; ὀ. θυμῷ Od. 11.418 : c. gen., have pity upon one, Δαναῶν Il. 8.33, 202 ; ὀλοφύρεται ἦτορ Ἕκτορος 22.169. 3. beg with tears and lamentations, καί μοι δὸς τὴν χεῖρʼ, ὀλοφύρομαι 23.75. 4. c. inf., πῶς ὀλοφύρεαι ἄλκιμος εἶναι; how is it thou lamentest that thou must be brave? Od. 22.232 : c. part., ὀ. τριηραρχοῦντες Lys. 29.4. II. c. acc., lament over, bewail, Od. 19.522, S. El. 148 (lyr.), E. Rh. 896 (lyr.), Th. 2.44 ; σφᾶς αὐτούς Lys. 2.37 ; τὸν μὲν γενόμενον ὀλοφύρονται, ὅσα μιν δεῖ . . ἀναπλῆσαι κακά for all the miseries which he must go through, Hdt. 5.4. 2. pity, τινα Il. 8.245, Od. 4.364, 10.157.—Ep. Verb, rare in Trag., sts. in Att. Prose, cf. ὀλοφυρμός, ὀλόφυρσις.