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οἴκτιστος

oiktistos

most pitiable, lamentable

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οἴκτ-ιστος · oikt-istos — LSJ

most pitiable, lamentable

most pitiable, lamentable, οἴ. … δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσιν Il. 22.76 ; θάνον οἰ. θανάτῳ Od. 11.412 ; Ἀτθίσιν οἰκτίστη, σὸν φάος, Ἠριγόνη Call. Aet. 1.1.4 [Fr. 178.4 Pf.] ; οἴ. δὴ κεῖνο ἴδον Od. 12.258 ; οἴ. ἔλεγοι A.R. 2.782 : neut. pl. οἴκτιστα as Adv., Od. 22.472 : also in late Prose, Onos. 42.21, Luc. Anach. 11. Adv. -τως Phalar. Ep. 96.

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