I.to wail aloud, lament, Hom., Trag.
2.in familiar attic, οἴμωζε is a curse, plague take you, go howl! Lat. abeas in malam rem, Ar.; οἰμώζετε id=Ar.; οἰμώξεσθ᾽ ἄρα id=Ar.; οἰμώζειν λέγω σοι id=Ar.; so, οὐκ οἰμώξεται; id=Ar.
II.trans. to pity, bewail, c. acc., Tyrtae., Trag.: Pass., οἰμωχθείς bewailed, Theogn.; ὠιμωγμένος Eur.