οἴ
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Οἶτος. ὁ θάνατος. παρὰ τὸ οἲ καὶ οἴμοι τοῦ στεναγμοῦ. παρὸ καὶ τὸν μόχθον δηλοῖ. ὁ δὲ Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν τοῖς Ἐπιμερισμοῖς λέγει, παρὰ τὸ οἴω, οὗ ὁ μέλλων οἴσω, τὸ δηλοῦν τὸ φέρω. ὁ πάντας ἀποφέρων θάνατος.
Translation (En)
Oitos "death": from oi "ah" and oimoi "ah me", used for sighing. That is why it means also the hardship. But Herodian in the Epimerismi states that it comes from oiō, whence the future oisō, which means "to carry". The death which carries away everyone.
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Eustathius, Comm. Il. 2, 520 Van der Valk (Ἐκ τοῦ οἴ δέ, θρηνητικοῦ ἐπιρρήματος, ὁ οἶτος.); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 619 (Οἶτος: Θρῆνος, μόρος, θάνατος. Παρὰ τὸ ΟΙ καὶ ΜΟΙ στεναγμοῦ ἐπίρρημα· παρὸ καὶ τὸν μόχθον δηλοῖ. Ὦρος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, omicron, p. 1431 (Οἶτος. θρῆνος· μόρος· θάνατος. παρὰ τὸ οἲ καὶ μοὶ στεναγμοῦ ἐπιῤῥήματος. ἢ παρὰ τὸ οἴσω οἰστὸς καὶ οἶτος); Scholia in Theocritum, 2, 70-72c (οἶτος γὰρ οὐ μόνον ὁ θάνατος, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶν τὸ δεινόν, ἐν ᾧ <οἲ> ᾄδεται)
Comment
The word is etymologized by an interjection expressing despair, which semantically fits the meaning "death" of οἶτος