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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

  • ταῦτα τῆσ προκοπῆσ ἀπαυγασμούσ τινασ εἶναι λέγουσιν, οἴστρουσ δὲ καὶ πτοίασ καὶ φυγὰσ ἀγεννεῖσ καὶ παιδικὰσ περιχαρείασ καὶ ὀλοφύρσεισ ἐνυπνίων οἰκτρῶν καὶ ἀλλοκότων ῥαχίαισ τέ τισι καὶ σάλοισ ἐοικέναι, ψυχῆσ οὔπω τὸ κοσμοῦν ἐχούσησ οἰκεῖον, ἀλλὰ πλαττομένησ ἔτι· (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 12 13:1)
  • νυνὶ δ’ ἐξηγκωνισμένοσ καὶ ἐν ἀσχήμονί χιτῶνι προσόψει τῶν τῆσ αἰχμαλωσίασ οἰκτρῶν πεπείραται, καθαπερεὶ τῆσ τύχησ ἐν τῷ τούτου βίῳ τὴν ἑαυτῆσ δύναμιν ἐπιδείξασθαι βουλομένησ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 27 6:1)

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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