ὀλοφύρομαι

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., aor. part. ὀλοφυρθείς in same signf., Th. 6.78:—an Aeol. form ὀλοφύρρω cited by Hdn.Gr. 2.949.

• • I intr., lament, wail, moan, freq. in pres. part., Il. 5.871, al.: with an Adv., πόλλʼ ὀλοφυρόμενοι 24.328; οἴκτρʼ ὀλοφυρομένους Od. 10.409; αἴνʼ ὀ. 22.447, cf. Hdt. 2.141, Democr. 107a; ὀ. κακοῖς Th. 6.78: abs., Pl. R. 329a.
  • • 2 lament or mourn for the ills of others: hence, feel pity, ὀλοφύρεται ἦτορ Il. 16.450; ὀ. θυμῷ Od. 11.418: c. gen., have pity upon one, Δαναῶν Il. 8.33, 202; ὀλοφύρεται ἦτορ Ἕκτορος 22.169.
    • 3 beg with tears and lamentations, καί μοι δὸς τὴν χεῖρʼ, ὀλοφύρομαι 23.75.
    • 4 c. inf., πῶς ὀλοφύρεαι ἄλκιμος εἶναι; how is it thou lamentest that thou 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 αὐτούς Lys. 2.37; τὸν μὲν γενόμενον ὀλοφύρονται, ὅσα μιν δεῖ . . ἀναπλῆσαι κακά for 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.

ὀλοφύρομαι, (scheint mit ὄλλυμι zusammenzuhangen, alte Gramm. leiten es ab von λοπός, ὀλόπτω, = τίλλω, aus Trauer das Haar ausraufen), wehklagen ; jammern ; Hom. oft, bes. im partic., πόλλʼ ὀλοφυρόμενοι Il. 24.328, εὗρον ἑταίρους οἴκτρʼ ὀλοφυρομένους Od. 10.409. Bes. auch über Anderer Unglück klagen, Mitleid haben, ὀλοφύρεται ἦτορ Il. 16.450, θυμῷ ὀλοφύρεσθαι Od. 11.418 ; τινός, sich Jemandes erbarmen, Δαναῶν, Ἀργείων, Il. 8.33, 202, 464, 16.17, Ἕκτορος, 22.169 ; – klagend anflehen, Il. 23.75 ; – c. inf., πῶς ὀλοφύρεαι ἄλκιμος εἶναι, wie wehklagst du, daß du tapfer sein sollst, Od. 22.232 ; – τινά, beklagen, bejammern, Od. 19.522 ; Tragg.; ἃ Ἴτυν ὀλοφύρεται, Soph. El. 145 ; Eur. Rhes. 896 ; τοὺς τοκέας, Thuc. 2.44 ; Plat. Menex. 248b ; Sp., καὶ θρηνεῖν, Hdn. 4.13.14 ; – bemitleiden, τίπτε ἄρʼ Ἀχιλεὺς ὀλοφύρεται υἷας Ἀχαιῶν, Il. 11.656, τὸν δὲ πατὴρ ὀλοφύρατο δακρυχέοντα, 8.245, vgl. 17.648, Od. 4.364, 10.157 ; τοῖς κακοῖς ὀλοφυρθείς, Thuc. 6.78 ; einzeln bei Sp.

ὀλοφύρομαι

2 sing. aor. ὀλοφύραο Od. 11.418.

3 sing. ὀλοφύρατο Il. 8.245, Il. 17.648: Od. 4.364, Od. 10.157.

• • 1

    To make lament, sorrow, weep, mourn, grieve: ὀλοφυρόμενος (ὀλοφυρομένη) ἔπεα προσηύδα Il. 5.871=Il. 11.815, Il. 18.72. Cf. Il. 15.114 = 398, Il. 21.106: Od. 2.362, Od. 4.719, Od. 10.418, Od. 11.418, Od. 13.199, Od. 22.447, etc.

  • 2

    To lament, weep for, mourn: παῖδα Od. 19.522. Cf. Il. 24.328.

  • 3

    To feel pity or compassion.

    With genit. of person pitied: Δαναῶν Il. 8.33= 464. Cf. Il. 8.202, Il. 16.17, Il. 22.169.

  • 4

    To feel for, pity, take pity upon, compassionate, be touched by the plight of: τὸν πατὴρ ὀλοφύρατο δάκρυ χέοντα Il. 8.245=Il. 17.648. Cf. Il. 11.656, Il. 16.450: Od. 4.364, Od. 10.157.

  • 5

    With infin., app., to bewail the necessity of doing something: πῶς ἄντα μνηστήρων ὀλοφύρεαι ἄλκιμος εἶναι; (why not pluck up heart to face them?) Od. 22.232.

  • 6

    App., to beseech. Parenthetically: καί μοι δὸς τὴν χεῖρʼ, ὀλοφύρομαι Il. 23.75.

ὀλοφύρομαι

• 1lament ὀλοφύ<ρομαι οὐ>δέν, ὅ τι πάντων μέτα πεῖσομαι (supp. Hermann: om. codd. Dion. Hal.) Pae. 9.21

ὀλοφύρομαι , aor. ὀλοφῡράμην: lament, mourn, bewail, commiserate; freq. abs., esp. in part., also w. gen. of the person mourned for, Il. 8.33; and trans., τινά, Il. 24.328, Od. 10.157, Od. 19.522; w. inf., ‘bewail that thou must be brave before the suitors,’ Od. 22.232.

ὀλοφύρομαι

• • Iintr. to lament, wail, moan, weep, Hom., etc.
  • • 2to lament or mourn for the ills of others, to feel pity, Hom.: c. gen. to have pity upon one, Il.
    • 3to beg with tears and lamentations, καί μοι δὸς τὴν χεῖρʼ, ὀλοφύρομαι Il.
    • 4c. inf., πῶς ὀλοφύρεαι ἄλκιμος εἶναι; why lament that thou must be brave? Od.
  • IIc. acc. to lament over, bewail, Od., Hdt., Attic
  • • 2to pity, Hom.