ὀτοτοῖ
πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι → all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out
English (LSJ)
(not ὀττοτοῖ, as freq. in codd.), an exclamation of pain and grief,
A ah! woe! A. Pers.918 (anap.), E.Or.1389, al.; doubled, Id.Andr.1197, etc.; also lengthd., ὀτοτοτοῖ A.Pers.268, al.; ὀτοτοτοτοῖ Id.Ag.1072; ὀτοτοτοτοῖ τοτοῖ cj. in S.El.1245; ὀττοτοτοτοτοῖ E. Tr. 1294; ὀττοτοττοτοῖ Id.Ion789.—Trag., only in lyr.
German (Pape)
[Seite 405] richtiger als ὀτοτοί, ein Schmerzensruf, θρηνῶδες ἐπίφθεγμα, Hesych., ach! weh! Aesch. Pers. 260 u. öfter, Ag. 1042 Ch. 156; ὀτοτοῖ τοτοῖ, Soph. El. 1257; Eur. Or. 1390 u. öfter; auch ὀττοτοτοῖ, Troad. 1787; Sp., πολὺ τὸ ὀττοτοῖ, Luc. Cont. 17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀτοτοῖ: (οὐχὶ ὀττοτοῖ, ὡς συχνάκις ἐν Ἀντιγράφοις), ἐπιφώνημα ἄλγους καὶ θλίψεως, ἄχ, ὤχ! Τραγ.· διπλοῦν, Εὐρ. Ἀνδρ. 1197, κτλ.· ὡσαύτως ἐκτεταμ. ὀτοτοτοῖ, Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 268 κ. ἀλλ.· ὀτοτοτοῖ τοτοῖ ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀγ. 1072· ὀτοτοτοτοῖ τοτοῖ Σοφ. Ἠλ. 1245· ὀτοτοτοτοτοτοῖ Εὐρ. Τρῳ 1294, Ἴων 789.
