A.“οἰκτι^ρῶ” A.Fr.199.6 (-ερεῖ codd.): aor. ᾤκτ(ε)ιρα Il.11.814, A.Pr.354, al. ; Ion. οἴκτ(ε)ιρα Hdt.3.52:—Pass., only pres. and impf., ibid., X.Oec.7.40, S.El.1412 :—later forms (as if from οἰκτειρέω) : fut. οἰκτειρήσω Sch.Od.4.740, LXXEx.33.19, Ep.Rom.9.15, Lib.Descr.30.18 : aor. ᾠκτείρησα Sch.A.Pr.353 : aor. Pass. οἰκτειρηθῆναι ib.637.—Cf. οἰκτείρημα :—pity, have pity upon, c. acc. pers., Il.11.814, 16.5, Hdt.l.c., 7.38 ; “ἐλεῆσαι καὶ οἰ.” Pl.Euthd. 288d ; οἰ. τινά τινος pity one for or because of a thing, “οἰκτίρω σε θεσφάτου μόρου” A.Ag.1321, cf. Supp.209 ; also “οἰ. τινά τινος ἕνεκα” X.Oec. 2.7 ; ἐπί τινι ib.4 : c. acc. rei, E.Med.1233, Ar.V.328, Antipho 3.1.2.
οἰκτ-ίρω [ι_] (in codd. freq. -ειρ-, but -ι_ρ- in early Inscrr., IG12.971,976,982, v. sub fin. ; cf. κατοικτίρω): impf. ᾤκτ(ε)ιρον Stesich.18 : fut.