- οἰκτίρω
- οἰκτ-ίρω [pron. full] [ῑ] (in codd. freq. -ειρ-, but -ῑρ- in early Inscrr., IG12.971,976,982, v. sub fin. ; cf. κατοικτίρω): [tense] impf. ᾤκτ (ε) ιρον Stesich.18 : [tense] fut.A
οἰκτῐρῶ A.Fr.199.6
(-ερεῖ codd.): [tense] aor. ᾤκτ (ε) ιρα Il.11.814, A.Pr.354, al. ; [dialect] Ion. οἴκτ (ε) ιρα Hdt.3.52:—[voice] Pass., only [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., ibid., X.Oec.7.40, S.El.1412 :—later forms (as if from οἰκτειρέω) : [tense] fut. οἰκτειρήσω Sch.Od.4.740, LXXEx.33.19, Ep.Rom.9.15, Lib.Descr.30.18 : [tense] aor. ᾠκτείρησα Sch.A.Pr.353 : [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. οἰκτειρηθῆναι ib.637.—Cf. οἰκτείρημα :—pity, have pity upon, c. acc. pers., Il.11.814, 16.5, Hdt.l.c., 7.38 ;ἐλεῆσαι καὶ οἰ. Pl.Euthd. 288d
; οἰ. τινά τινος pity one for or because of a thing,οἰκτίρω σε θεσφάτου μόρου A.Ag.1321
, cf. Supp.209 ; alsoοἰ. τινά τινος ἕνεκα X.Oec. 2.7
; ἐπί τινι ib.4 : c. acc. rei, E.Med.1233, Ar.V.328, Antipho 3.1.2.2 c. inf., οἰ. νιν λιπεῖν I am sorry to leave her, S.Aj.652 ; οἰ. εἰ . . to be sorry that it should be, X.An.1.4.7. [[dialect] Aeol.οἰκτίρρω Hdn.
Gr.2.558 : hence οἰκτῑρω is prob. from οἰκτιρ-ψω, and οἰκτίρετε [pron. full] [ῐ] in AP7.267 (Posidipp.) is an error : but the [dialect] Att. [tense] fut. is οἰκτερῶ acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.559.]
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