Οἰκτισάμενος
lamenting (for)
Translated by Jennifer Benedict21 May 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning [one who is] pitying.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰκτισάμενος· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐλεήσας.
Betacode
*oi)ktisa/menos: a)nti\ tou= e)leh/sas.
Notes
- cf. generally omicroniota 84, omicroniota 86, omicroniota 88, omicroniota 89, omicroniota 90. The present headword is an aorist middle participle of
oi)kti/zw in the masculine nominative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; there are several possibilities, especially in historians (Polybius, Appian, Procopius).
Linked from3 entries
- οι84ΟἰκτείρωI pity[Used] with an accusative. But oi)kti/zw [sc. is different].
- οι88Οἶκτοςpity[Meaning] compassion. "Pity seized the Nymphs, who keep the watery house of their eddying father Eumethus on the side of thundering Aetna."
- οι89Οἰκτρόςpitiable[Meaning] wretched, deserving of mercy. "If, because a king reproaches pitiable and most dishonoured men with these things, someone might consider that not even [someone] speaking in response is bound to agree with what…
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 21 Mar 2021
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; added note and further keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict