1. pitiable, in piteous plight , (Iliad by Homer), etc.

2. of things, pitiable, piteous, lamentable , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.

3. in active sense, piteous , (Odyssey by Homer); οἰκτρᾶς γόον ὄρνιθος, of the nightingale, (Sophocles Tragicus);—;neuter plural as regularly adverb οἰκτρῶς, (Aeschulus Tragicus) —;Besides comparative and Sup. οἰκτρότερος, -τατος, (Homer) has an irreg. Sup. οἴκτιστος (q. see.). (ML)