Βοήν
battle-cry
Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Apr 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] battle [itself], and a great shout.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βοήν· μάχην, καὶ μεγάλην φωνήν.
Betacode
*boh/n: ma/xhn, kai\ mega/lhn fwnh/n.
Notes
- Similar material elsewhere, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword is in the accusative case, doubtless reflecting the many appearances in Homer of the formulaic phrase
boh\n a)gaqo/s , "fine in his battle-cry". (Hesychius has a entry for that.) For the transference of the word to battle itself see Theocritus, Idylls 16.97, quoted in LSJ s.v.