ὀλοφύρ-ομαι [ῡ] , used mostly in pres. : but fut. ὀλοφυροῦνται Lys. 29.4 codd. ( -ονται edd.) : aor. ὠλοφυράμην Id. 2.37 ; Ep. (without augm.) ὀλοφύραο, ὀλοφύρατο, Od. 11.418 , Il. 8.245 :— Pass. , ao
ὀλοφύρ-ομαι [ῡ], used mostly inpres.: butfut.
A.
ὀλοφυροῦνται
Lys. 29.4
codd. (-ονταιedd.) :aor.
ὠλοφυράμην
Id. 2.37
; Ep. (without augm.)ὀλοφύραο, ὀλοφύρατο,
Od. 11.418 , Il. 8.245 :— Pass. ,aor. part. ὀλοφυρθείςin same signf., Th. 6.78 :—an Aeol. formὀλοφύρρωcited by Hdn.Gr. 2.949 .
I. intr.,lament, wail, moan,freq. inpres. part., Il. 5.871 , al. : with anAdv., πόλλ' ὀλοφυρόμενοι
24.328
; οἴκτρ' ὀλοφυρομένους
Od. 10.409
; αἴν' ὀ.
22.447
, cf. Hdt. 2.141 , Democr. 107a ; ὀ. κακοῖς
Th. 6.78
: abs., Pl. R. 329a .
2. lamentormourn for the ills of others: hence,feel pity,
ὀλοφύρεται ἦτορ
Il. 16.450
; ὀ. θυμῷ
Od. 11.418
: c. gen.,have pity uponone, Δαναῶν
Il. 8.33
, 202 ; ὀλοφύρεται ἦτορ Ἕκτορος
22.169
.
3. beg with tears and lamentations,
καί μοι δὸς τὴν χεῖρ', ὀλοφύρομαι
23.75
.
4. c.inf.,πῶς ὀλοφύρεαι ἄλκιμος εἶναι; how is it thoulamentest thatthou must be brave? Od. 22.232 : c.part., ὀ. τριηραρχοῦντες
Lys. 29.4
.
II. c. acc.,lament over, bewail,
Od. 19.522 , S. El. 148 (lyr.), E. Rh. 896 (lyr.), Th. 2.44 ; σφᾶς αὺτούς
Lys. 2.37
;τὸν μὲν γενόμενον ὀλοφύρονται, ὅσα μιν δεῖ . . ἀναπλῆσαι κακάfor all the miseries which he must go through, Hdt. 5.4 .
2. pity, τινα
Il. 8.245 , Od. 4.364 , 10.157 .— Ep. Verb, rare in Trag., sts. in Att. Prose, cf.ὀλοφυρμός, ὀλόφυρσις.
