ὀϊζυρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. οἰζῠρός (trisyll.), ά, όν, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[woeful]], [[miserable]], in Hom. mostly of persons, <span class="bibl">Il.1.417</span>, al. ; ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσιν <span class="bibl">13.569</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.197</span> ; <b class="b3">ᾠζύρ'</b> you <b class="b2">wretch!</b> <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1641</span> : less freq. of actions, conditions, etc., [[toilsome]], [[dreary]], παύσασθαι ὀϊζυροῦ πολέμοιο <span class="bibl">Il.3.112</span> ; παύσατ' ὀϊζυροῖο γόοιο <span class="bibl">Od.8.540</span> ; ὀϊζυραὶ νύκτες <span class="bibl">11.182</span>, etc. ; also, [[sorry]], [[wretched]], [[poor]], κώμη <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>639</span> ; διαίτην ἔχειν ὀϊζυρήν <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.82</span>. Adv. -ρῶς <span class="bibl">Q.S.3.363</span>.—Not used by Trag., nor in early Att. Prose. <b class="b3">[ὀϊζῡ</b>- in Hom. (v. supr.) ; <b class="b3">οἰζῠ-</b> in Att., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>655</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1641</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1504</span>, <span class="bibl">1514</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>948</span> : Comp. ὀϊζῡρώτερος <span class="bibl">Il.17.446</span> : Sup. ὀϊζῡρώτατος <span class="bibl">Od.5.105</span>.]</span>