- οἰμώζω
- οἰμώζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to wail loudly, to cry, to lament',Other forms: aor. οἰμῶξαι (Il.), fut. οἰμώξ-ομαι (Att.), -ω (Plu., AP).Compounds: Also with ἀν-, ἀπ- etc.Derivatives: οἰμωγ-ή f. (Il.; Chantraine Form. 401, Porzig Satzinhalte 189), -μα n. (A., E), -μός m. (S.); privative adj. ἀν-οίμωκ-τος `not wailed for', adv. ἀν-οιμωκ-τί (-τεί) `without lamentation' = 'unpunished' (S.).Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations].Etymology: Innovaion οἰμώττω `id.' (Lib.; on οἰμῶξ-αι Debrunner IF 21, 248; cf. Schwyzer 733). -- From the interj. οἴμοι (οἴ μοι) `woe me' verbalised (Schwyzer 716). -- Cf. ὀϊζύς and οἶκτος.Page in Frisk: 2,363-364
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.