ἐποικτείρω
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
or ἐποικτ-ίρω,
A have compassion on, τινα Xenoph.7.3, S.Aj. 121, OT671, etc.: abs., A.Ag.1069. (Written -ειρ- Isyll.72 ; v. οἰκτείρω.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1007] bemitleiden, τινά, Soph. Ai. 121 u. sp. D., wie Arat. 412; Ep. ad. 513 (Xenophanes VII, 120); auch in später Prosa.