οἰκτίζω
From LSJ
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
English (LSJ)
(pres. only in compd. κατ-), Att. fut.
A οἰκτιῶ A.Pr.68 (κατ- S., etc.): aor. ᾤκτισα S.OT1508 : mostly poet., pity, have pity upon, c. acc. pers., A.l.c., S.l.c., etc. ; τινὰ τῆς μικροψυχίας Arist.Mu.391a22 : c. acc. rei, πάθος οἰκτίσαι S.Tr.855 (lyr.):—Med. in same sense, ἐπίδοι . . στόλον οἰκτιζομένα with pitying eye, A.Supp.1031 (lyr.), cf. E.Hec.720 (as v.l.), Th.2.51. 2 Med. also, bewail, lament, τι E.IT486, cf.Hel.1053 : abs., Din.1.110 : c. acc. cogn., οἶκτον οἰκτίζεσθαι utter a wail, A.Eu.515 (lyr.), cf. E.Tr.155 (anap.).
