The corpus record

κατοικτ-είρω

katoikteiro

have mercy

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατοικτ-είρω · katoikt-eirō — LSJ

have mercy, compassion on

have mercy or compassion on, τινα Hdt. 1.45, 4.167, al., S. OT 13, E. Heracl. 445, IG 9(2).255 (Pharsalus); τὸ τῆς μητρὸς γῆρας LXX 4 Ma. 8.20.

II feel, show compassion, in compassion, feel compassion at the thought

intr., feel, show compassion, κατοικτείραντα ἐρωτᾶν ask in compassion, Arist. Rh. 1393b28; -οικτῖραι ὡς βραχὺς εἴη ὁ βίος feel compassion at the thought that . . , Hdt. 7.46.

In the wild

κατοίκτιρόν · katoiktiron Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 865)
κατοικτείραντα · katoikteiranta Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
κατοίκτιρον · katoiktiron Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 765)
κατοικτείρει · katoikteirei Herodotus, Histories 1.45.2 (DIORISIS sentence 298)
κατοικτείρας · katoikteiras Herodotus, Histories 4.167.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5130)
κατοικτείρας · katoikteiras Herodotus, Histories 5.92C.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5983)

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