οἶκτος, ὁ,
(οἴζω) pity, compassion, οἶ. δ᾽ ἕλε λαὸν ἅπαντα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.81, compare 24.438 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶ. τις ἴσχει ἀποκτεῖναι a feeling of pity prevents him from.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.γ,compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40; οἴκτου πλέως 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1074; ἔχειν οἶκτον φρενί [prev. author] “Aj.” 525; ἐμοὶ γὰρ οἶ. δεινὸς εἰσέβη [prev. author] “Tr.” 298; ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶ. δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις [prev. author] “Ph.” 965; θνητοὺς.. ἐν οἴκτῳ προθέμενος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 241; δι᾽ οἴκτου ἔχειν τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 851; εἰσῆλθέ μ᾽ οἶ. εἰ.. [prev. author] “Med.” 931 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive objecti, compassion for.., πόθος καὶ οἶ. τῆς πόλιος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.165, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 519: in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 486, οἰκτίσας ἰδών (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus) should be read for οἶκτος εἰσιδών. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 lamentation, piteous wailing, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 4.3; οἶ. οὔτις ἦν διὰ στόμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 51; τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶ. [prev. author] “Ch.” 411 (Lyric poetry); οἶκτον [οἰκτρὸν] ἀΐων [prev. author] “Supp.” 59 (Lyric poetry); κλύω τινὸς οἴκτου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 864; οὐκ οἴκτου μέτα [prev. author] “OC” 1636: _plural_, παθόντος οἴκτοις] Refs 5th c.BC+] by the wailings of the sufferer, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 386 (Lyric poetry); ἄϊον οἴκτους οὓς οἰκτίζῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 155 (_anapaest meter_); τοὺς ὀδυρμοὺς ἐξαιρήσομεν καὶ τοὺς οἴ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 387d; οἴκτων λήγετε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1584, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 37a, “Lg.” 949b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]