χ490Χρῆμα οἰκτροί
pitiable business, pitiable matter
[Meaning they who are] abased, worthy of sympathy. "The elders of the Libyans -- a pitiable business -- came in accordance with the virgin’s fame and begged to receive some release from the plague".
Χρῆμα οἰκτροί· ταπεινοί, ἐλέους ἄξιοι. Λιβύων δὲ πρέσβεις, χρῆμα οἰκτροί, κατὰ κλέος τὸ τῆς παρθένου ἧκον καὶ ἐδέοντο λύσιν τινὰ λοιμοῦ λαβεῖν.
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