Liddell-Scott-Jones

οἰκτρός (oiktros) pitiable ^G:A

οἰκτρός, ά, όν,

of persons, pitiable, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον οἰκτρός [Refs 8th c.BC+]to be pitied for.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]

__2 of things, pitiable, lamentable, ἕτερα πεπόνθαμεν -ότερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πημοναί, ἄλγος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκτρόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 in contemptuous sense, οἰ. τέκνα sorry fellows, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]miserable, [Refs]
__II in active sense, wailing piteously, piteous, -οτάτην δ᾽ ἤκουσα ὄπα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἰκτρᾶς γόον ὄρνιθος, of the nightingale, [Refs]: neuter plural as adverb, οἴκτρ᾽ ὀλοφυρομένη [Refs 8th c.BC+]: regular adverb οἰκτρῶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερα[Refs 6th c.AD+]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 5th c.BC+] —Besides οἰκτρότερος, οἰκτρότατος, we find _superlative_ οἴκτιστος (which see) ; οἰκτότερον is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]