αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
adj.
Piteous: P. and V. οἰκτρός, P. ἐλεεινός, Ar. and V. ἐλεινός.