οἶκτος

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Ancient Greek

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οἶκτος • (oîktos) m (genitive οἴκτου); second declension

  1. pity, compassion
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 2.81:
      οἶκτος δ’ ἕλε λαὸν ἅπαντα
      oîktos d’ héle laòn hápanta
      pity took hold of the entire people
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.92:
      καὶ τὸν φρασθέντα τοῦτο οἶκτός τις ἴσχει ἀποκτεῖναι
      kaì tòn phrasthénta toûto oîktós tis ískhei apokteînai
      and a certain compassion kept the one saying this from killing
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.40:
      μηδὲ τρισὶ τοῖς ἀξυμφορωτάτοις τῇ ἀρχῇ, οἴκτῳ καὶ ἡδονῇ λόγων καὶ ἐπιεικείᾳ, ἁμαρτάνειν
      mēdè trisì toîs axumphorōtátois têi arkhêi, oíktōi kaì hēdonêi lógōn kaì epieikeíāi, hamartánein
  2. wailing

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