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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Univerbation of οἴ (oí, “woe!”) + μοι (moi, “to me”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒi̯.moi̯/ → /ˈy.my/ → /ˈi.mi/
Interjection
οἴμοι • (oímoi)
- woe is me
Descendants
References
- “οἴμοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οἴμοι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οἴμοι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ah idem, page 20.
- alas idem, page 22.
- curse idem, page 191.
- o idem, page 563.
- woe idem, page 986.