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.Pax257 (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, OC202 (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 LXX.)
οἴμοι , exclam. of pain, fright, pity, anger, grief, also of surprise, prop. οἴ μοι