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Headword: Ὀϊζυρήν
Adler number: omicron,92
Translated headword: woeful
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Wretched, difficult. In the Epigrams: "he found wealth for his children, warding off woeful poverty."[1]
Greek Original:
Ὀϊζυρήν: ταλαίπωρον, χαλεπήν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι: εὕρετο παισὶν ὄλβον ὀϊζυρὴν ὠσάμενος πενίην.
Notes:
Adjective, mainly poetic (here in the feminine accusative singular), derived from ὀϊζύς (omicron 93).
[1] Greek Anthology 6.117.1-2.
Keywords: children; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 May 2002@21:12:22.
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