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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
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English (LSJ)
ὁ, = Ὠκεανός, Lyc. 231, St.Byz., etc.; Ὠγηνός Pherecyd. Syr. Fr. 2. D.; Ὠγήν, ῆνος, Hsch.; — hence Ὠγενίδαι = Ὠκεανίδαι, Id.; and ὠγένιος, α, ον, = ἀρχαῖος, ὠ. Στυγὸς ὕδωρ Parth. Fr. 7. cf. ὠγένιον· παλαιόν, Hsch.