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οἴμοι

οἴμοι, οἴμοι, alas! oh dear! (interjection)

οἴμοι, exclam. of pain, fright, pity, anger, grief, also of surprise, prop. οἴ μοι
  • ah me ! woeʼs me ! first in Thgn. and Trag. (v. infr.) (in Hom. always ὤ μοι); οἴμʼ ὡς τεθνήξεις Ar. Ach. 590; and Com., οἴμʼ ὡς ἥδομαι Id. Nu. 773: mostly abs., or with a nom., οἴ. ἐγὼ σοῦ μέλεος cj. in S. Tr. 971 (lyr.); οἴ. δείλαιος Ar. Eq. 139: ironical, οἴ., καταύδα oh ! denounce it, S. Ant. 86: sts. c. gen. causae, οἴ. ἀναλκείης Thgn. 891; οἴ. φρενὸς σῆς E. Hipp. 1454; οἴ. ταλαίνης συμφορᾶς S. El. 1179; οἴμοι μοι Ar. Pax 257 (really οἰμοιμοῖ acc. to A.D. Adv. 177.3):—the forms ᾤμοι and ὤμοι are freq. found in codd., as of S. Tr. l.c., Aj. 980, OC 202 (lyr.), etc.; ὤμοι is acknowledged by A.D. Adv. 126.27. (οἴμοι may become οἴμʼ by elision in Trag. and Com. before ὡς, οἴμʼ ὡς ἔοικας ὀρθὰ μαρτυρεῖν S. Aj. 354, cf. Ant. 320, 1270, Ar.ll.cc., Cratin. 183: freq. written οἴμμοι in codd. of LXX)

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