οἴμοι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὤμοι (ṓmoi), ᾤμοι (ṓimoi)

Etymology

Univerbation of οἴ (oí, “woe!”) +‎ μοι (moi, “to me”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.moi̯/ → /ˈy.my/ → /ˈi.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǒi̯.moi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈy.my/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.my/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.my/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.mi/

Interjection

οἴμοι • (oímoi)

1. woe is me

Descendants

• Greek: οίμοι (oímoi)

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^[1], 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.