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ὀιζυρός

oizuros

woeful, miserable

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Where it lives

Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Odyssey 10 · 1.15/10k
Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ὀϊζ-ῡρός · oiz-yros — LSJ

woeful, miserable, wretch!, toilsome, dreary, sorry, wretched, poor

woeful, miserable, in Hom. mostly of persons, Il. 1.417, al. ; ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσιν 13.569, cf. Od. 4.197 ; ᾠζύρʼ you wretch! Ar. Av. 1641 : less freq. of actions, conditions, etc., toilsome, dreary, παύσασθαι ὀϊζυροῦ πολέμοιο Il. 3.112 ; παύσατʼ ὀϊζυροῖο γόοιο Od. 8.540 ; ὀϊζυραὶ νύκτες 11.182, etc. ; also, sorry, wretched, poor, κώμη Hes. Op. 639 ; διαίτην ἔχειν ὀϊζυρήν Hdt. 9.82. Adv. -ρῶς Q.S. 3.363.—Not used by Trag., nor in early Att. Prose. [ὀϊζῡ- in Hom. (v. supr.) ; οἰζῠ- in Att., Ar. Nu

In the wild

ὀϊζυρὴν · oizyrēn Herodotus, Histories 9.82.3 (DIORISIS sentence 9861)
ὀιζυροῖσιν · oizyroisin Works and Days 195–196
ὀιζυρῇ · oizyrēi Works and Days 639–640
ὀϊζυρὸς · oizyros Iliad 1.417
ὀϊζυροῖσι · oizyroisi Iliad 13.569
ὀϊζυρώτερον · oizyrōteron Iliad 17.446

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