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οἰκτ-ίζω

oiktizo

pity, have pity upon

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

οἰκτ-ίζω · oikt-izō — LSJ

pity, have pity upon, with pitying eye

mostly poet., pity, have pity upon, c. acc. pers., A. l.c., S. l.c., etc. ; τινὰ τῆς μικροψυχίας Arist. Mu. 391a22 : c. acc. rei, πάθος οἰκτίσαι S. Tr. 855 (lyr.):—Med. in same sense, ἐπίδοι . . στόλον οἰκτιζομένα with pitying eye, A. Supp. 1031 (lyr.), cf. E. Hec. 720 (as v.l.), Th. 2.51.

2 bewail, lament, utter a wail

Med. also, bewail, lament, τι E. IT 486, cf. Hel. 1053 : abs., Din. 1.110 : c. acc. cogn., οἶκτον οἰκτίζεσθαι utter a wail, A. Eu. 515 (lyr.), cf. E. Tr. 155 (anap.).

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