οἴμμοι

I 0-2-13-2-1=18 Jgs^A 11,35; 1 Kgs 17,20; Jer 4,31; 15,10; 22,18

expressing a sense of horror: alas, woe 1 Kgs 17,20

οἴμμοι ἐγώ woe is me! Jer 4,31

Cf. KRAFT 1972b, 161.169; WALTERS 1973 83-84.229-230

οἴμοι, exclam. of pain, fright, pity, anger, grief, also of surprise, prop. οἴ μοι

A ah me ! woe's me ! first in Thgn. and Trag. (v. infr.) (in Hom. always ὤ μοι) ;

οἴμ' ὡς τεθνήξεις Ar.Ach. 590

; and Com.,

οἴμ' ὡς ἥδομαι Id.Nu. 773

: mostly abs., or with a nom., οἴ. ἐγὼ σοῦ μέλεος cj. in S.Tr. 971 (lyr.) ;

οἴ. δείλαιος Ar.Eq. 139

: ironical, οἴ., καταύδα oh ! denounce it, S.Ant.86 : sts. c. gen. causae,

οἴ. ἀναλκείης Thgn. 891

;

οἴ. φρενὸς σῆς E.Hipp. 1454

;

οἴ. ταλαίνης συμφορᾶς S.El. 1179

;

οἴμοι μοι Ar. Pax 257

(really οἰμοιμοῖ acc. to A.D.Adv.177.3):—the forms ᾤμοι and ὤμοι are freq. found in codd., as of S.Tr.l.c.,Aj. 980, OC 202 (lyr.), etc.; ὤμοι is acknowledged by A.D.Adv.126.27. ( οἴμοι may become οἴμ' by elision in Trag. and Com. before

ὡς, οἴμ' ὡς ἔοικας ὀρθὰ μαρτυρεῖν S.Aj. 354

, cf. Ant. 320, 1270, Ar.ll.cc., Cratin. 183 : freq. written οἴμμοι in codd. of LXX.)

οἴμοι (=οἴ μοι; since Theognis, Trag., Aristoph., also LXX; ins [on gravestones Renehan ’75, 1148]; TestSol; TestAbr B 10 p. 115, 9 [Stone p. 78]; ApcEsdr 6:24 p. 32, 3 Tdf. and 7:4 p. 32, 14 Tdf. [both οἴμμοι]; ApcMos 10; ApcrEzk [Epiph. 70, 13]; Schwyzer II 601) woe is me GJs (3:1–3 [6 times]).—Schwyzer I 716; ESchwenter, Die primären Interjektionen in den indogermanischen Sprachen (Indogermanische Bibliothek III/5) 1924. DELG.