A.ah! woe! A. Pers.918 (anap.), E.Or.1389, al.; doubled, Id.Andr.1197, etc.; also lengthd., “ὀτοτοτοῖ” A.Pers.268, al.; “ὀτοτοτοτοῖ” Id.Ag.1072; ὀτοτοτοτοῖ τοτοῖ cj. in S.El.1245; “ὀττοτοτοτοτοῖ” E. Tr. 1294; “ὀττοτοττοτοῖ” Id.Ion789.—Trag., only in lyr.
ὀτοτοῖ (not ὀττοτοῖ, as freq. in codd.), an exclamation of pain and grief,