A. woeful, miserable, in Hom. mostly of persons, Il. 1.417, al. ; ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσιν 13.569, cf. Od. 4.197 ; ᾠζύρʼ you wretch! Ar. Av. 1641 : less freq. of actions, conditions, etc., toilsome, dreary, παύσασθαι ὀϊζυροῦ πολέμοιο Il. 3.112 ; παύσατʼ ὀϊζυροῖο γόοιο Od. 8.540 ; ὀϊζυραὶ νύκτες 11.182, etc. ; also, sorry, wretched, poor, κώμη Hes. Op. 639 ; διαίτην ἔχειν ὀϊζυρήν Hdt. 9.82. Adv. -ρῶς Q.S. 3.363.—Not used by Trag., nor in early Att. Prose. [ὀϊζῡ- in Hom. (v. supr.) ; οἰζῠ- in Att., Ar. Nu. 655, Av. 1641, V. 1504, 1514, Lys. 948 : Comp. ὀϊζῡρώτερος Il. 17.446 : Sup. ὀϊζῡρώτατος Od. 5.105.]