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|Definition=ὁ<b class="b3">, (οἴζω)</b> <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">pity, compassion</b>, οἶ. δ' ἕλε λαὸν ἅπαντα <span class="bibl">Od.2.81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.438</span> ; <b class="b3">οἶ. τις ἴσχει ἀποκτεῖναι</b> <b class="b2">a feeling of pity</b> prevents him from... <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.<b class="b3">γ</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.3.40</span> ; οἴκτου πλέως <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1074</span> ; ἔχειν οἶκτον φρενί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>525</span> ; ἐμοὶ γὰρ οἶ. δεινὸς εἰσέβη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>298</span> ; ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶ. δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>965</span> ; θνητοὺς . . ἐν οἴκτῳ προθέμενος <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>241</span> ; δι' οἴκτου ἔχειν τινά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>851</span> ; εἰσῆλθέ μ' οἶ. εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span> 931</span> : c. gen. objecti, <b class="b2">compassion for . .</b>, πόθος καὶ οἶ. τῆς πόλιος Hdt. <span class="bibl">1.165</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>519</span> : in <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>486</span>, <b class="b3">οἰκτίσας ἰδών</b> (Herm.) shd. be read for <b class="b3">οἶκτος εἰσιδών</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">lamentation, piteous wailing</b>, <span class="bibl">Simon.4.3</span> ; οἶ. οὔτις ἦν διὰ στόμα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>51</span> ; τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>411</span>(lyr.) ; οἶκτον [οἰκτρὸν] ἀΐων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>59</span> (lyr.) ; κλύω τινὸς οἴκτου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>864</span> ; οὐκ οἴκτου μέτα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1636</span> : pl., <b class="b3">παθόντος οἴκτοις</b> <b class="b2">by the wailings</b> of the sufferer, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>386</span> (lyr.) ; ἄϊον οἴκτους οὓς οἰκτίζῃ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>155</span> (anap.) ; τοὺς ὀδυρμοὺς ἐξαιρήσομεν καὶ τοὺς οἴ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>387d</span> ; οἴκτων λήγετε <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1584</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">And.1.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>37a</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>949b</span>.</span>