οἰκτρός, ά, όν,
of persons, pitiable, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον οἰκτρός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.242, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 61 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 58, etc.: with _genitive_, οἰκτροὶ τῆς μεταβολῆς ] Refs 8th c.BC+]to be pitied for.., [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 13. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 of things, pitiable, lamentable, ἕτερα πεπόνθαμεν -ότερα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; οἰκτρὰ λογοποιοῦντες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.13; συμφορὰ οἰ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.77; -ότατος θάνατος [prev. author] “P.” 3.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πημοναί, ἄλγος, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 240, 435 (Lyric poetry), etc.; οἰκτρὰ γὰρ βόσκειν [ἡ κήρ] 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1167 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκτρόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 321 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 in contemptuous sense, οἰ. τέκνα sorry fellows, [[ 4th c.AD: Ausonius Poeta Latinus “Epigrammata” 57; παιδίσκη 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 23; οἰ. τραγῳδία ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]miserable, [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1691.34. ] Refs]
__II in active sense, wailing piteously, piteous, -οτάτην δ᾽ ἤκουσα ὄπα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.421, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1067 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἰκτρᾶς γόον ὄρνιθος, of the nightingale, [[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 629 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]: neuter plural as adverb, οἴκτρ᾽ ὀλοφυρομένη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.719, compare 10.409, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: regular adverb οἰκτρῶς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 688, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 102 (_anapaest meter_), +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.39, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερα[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 10.65 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus)] Refs 6th c.AD+]: superlative -ότατα[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1209.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Besides οἰκτρότερος, οἰκτρότατος, we find _superlative_ οἴκτιστος (which see) ; οἰκτότερον is falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]