Οἰκτρῶς
pitiably
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jun 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἰκτρῶς· ἐλεεινῶς. νήπιος, ὃς τῶν οἰκτρῶς οἰχομένων γονέων ἐπιλάθεται.
Betacode
*oi)ktrw=s: e)leeinw=s. nh/pios, o(\s tw=n oi)ktrw=s oi)xome/nwn gone/wn e)pila/qetai.
Notes (2)
- 1The headword is an adverbial form from
oi)ktro/s ; cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 11.242, where the masculine nominative occurs (web address 1). See also omicroniota 89. ↩ - 2Sophocles, Electra 145-6 (web address 2); cf. alpha 4397. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- οι84ΟἰκτείρωI pity[Used] with an accusative. But oi)kti/zw [sc. is different].
- οι87Οἰκτισάμενοςlamenting (for)Meaning [one who is] pitying.
- 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…
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- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth