ΟἸΚΤΡΟΤΑΤΟΝ, οἰκτροτατον
OIKTROTATON, oiktrotaton
Sounds Like: oyk-TROH-tah-ton
Translations: most pitiable, most wretched, most miserable, a most pitiable thing, a most wretched thing, a most miserable thing
From the root: ΟΙΚΤΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the neuter singular form of the superlative adjective 'oiktros', meaning 'pitiable' or 'wretched'. As a superlative, it means 'most pitiable' or 'most wretched'. It can be used to describe a situation or thing that is extremely sad or unfortunate. When used as a substantive (like 'the most pitiable thing'), it refers to something that evokes the greatest pity or compassion.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Superlative
Strong’s number: G3638 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:57
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 10:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΙΚΤΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟἸΚΤΡΑ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
- ΟἸΚΤΡΑΝ — pitiable, wretched, miserable, a pitiable, a wretched, a miserable
- ΟἸΚΤΡΟΝ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, lamentable, a pitiable thing
- ΟἸΚΤΡΟΤΑΤΗΝ — most pitiful, most miserable, most wretched, most lamentable
- ΟἸΚΤΡΟΤΑΤΟΣ — most pitiable, most miserable, most wretched
- ΟἸΚΤΡΟΤΕΡΑ — more pitiful, more wretched, more miserable, a more pitiful one, a more wretched one, a more miserable one
- ΟἸΚΤΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more pitiable, more wretched, more miserable, more lamentable
- ΟἸΚΤΡΟΥ — of wretched, of pitiable, of miserable, of pitiful
- ΟἸΚΤΡΩ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable, a miserable, a wretched
- ΟἸΚΤΡΩΣ — miserably, pitiably, wretchedly, pitifully
- ΟΙΚΤΡΑ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, lamentable
- ΟΙΚΤΡΟΝ — pitiable, miserable, wretched, a pitiable one, a miserable one, a wretched one
- ΟΙΚΤΡΟΣ — pitiable, wretched, miserable, a pitiable, a wretched, a miserable
- ΟΙΚΤΡΟΥ — of wretched, of miserable, of pitiable, of lamentable
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