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οἰκτρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκτρός οἰκτρή οἰκτρόν

Structure: οἰκτρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: oi)=ktos

Sense

  1. pitiable, in piteous plight
  2. pitiable, piteous, lamentable
  3. piteous

Examples

  • τί χρῆμά μ’ οἰκτροῖσ ἐκάλεσασ προοιμίοισ; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric4)
  • τοῖσ πρότερον δε οἰκτροῖσ τὴν κατὰ σοῦ ψῆφον ἔδωκε Τύχη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 644)

Synonyms

  1. pitiable

  2. pitiable

  3. piteous

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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