πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
woful, pitiable, miserable, Hom.; of conditions, toilsome, dreary, Hom.; also sorry, poor, Hdt. [Though Hom. makes ῡ, he forms the comp. and Sup., metri grat., ὀϊζῡρώτερος, -ώτατος, for -ότερος, -ότατος.] [from ὀιζύς]
