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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Greek Monolingual

οἰκτίζω (Α) οίκτος
1. αισθάνομαι οίκτο για κάποιον, ευσπλαγχνίζομαι, οικτίρωὅπως μὴ σ' αὐτὸν οἰκτιεῑς ποτέ», Αισχύλ.)
2. μέσ. οἰκτίζομαι
α) πενθώ
β) εκδηλώνω τη λύπη μου («ὅταν Δημοσθένης ἐξαπατῆσαι βουλόμενος καὶ παρακρουόμενος ὑμᾱς οἰκτίζηται καὶ δακρύῃ», Δείν.)
γ) θρηνολογώ («τεκοῡσα νεοπαθὴς οἶκτον οἰκτίσαιτο», Αισχύλ.).