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ὀιζύς

From LSJ

Ἦθος προκρίνειν χρημάτων γαμοῦντα δεῖ → Ex moribus, non aere, nupturam aestima → Bewerte den Charakter nicht das Geld der Braut

Menander, Monostichoi, 211

English (Autenrieth)

ύος (οἴ, ‘alas!’): woe, misery.

Middle Liddell

[οἴ oh!]
woe, misery, distress, hardship, suffering, Hom. [ῡ in nom. and acc.; ῠ in trisyll. cases.]