A). ah me ! woe's me ! first in Thgn. and Trag. (v. infr.) (in Hom. always ὤ μοι); οἴμ’ ὡς τεθνήξεις Ar. Ach. 590 ; and Com., οἴμ’ ὡς ἥδομαι Id. Nu. 773 : mostly abs., or with a nom., οἴ. ἐγὼ σοῦ μέλεος cj. in S. Tr. 971 (lyr.); οἴ. δείλαιος Ar. Eq. 139 : ironical, οἴ., καταύδα oh ! denounce it, S. Ant. 86 : sts. c. gen. causae, οἴ. ἀναλκείης Thgn. 891 ; οἴ. φρενὸς σῆς E. Hipp. 1454 ; οἴ. ταλαίνης συμφορᾶς S. El. 1179 ; οἴμοι μοι Ar. Pax 257 (really οἰμοιμοῖ acc. to A.D. Adv. 177.3 ):—the forms ᾤμοι and ὤμοι are freq. found in codd., as of S. Tr. l.c., Aj. 980 , OC 202 (lyr.), etc.; ὤμοι is acknowledged by A.D. Adv. 126.27 .(οἴμοι may become οἴμ’ by elision in Trag. and Com. before ὡς, οἴμ’ ὡς ἔοικας ὀρθὰ μαρτυρεῖν S. Aj. 354 , cf. Ant. 320 , 1270 , Ar.ll.cc., Cratin. 183 : freq. written οἴμμοι in codd. of LX X.)