οἴμοι
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὤμοι (ṓmoi), ᾤμοι (ṓimoi)
Etymology
From οἴ (oí, “woe!”) + μοι (moi, “to me”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǒi̯.moi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈy.my/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈy.my/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈy.my/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.mi/
Interjection
οἴμοι • (oímoi)
- Woe is me
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.