Ἰοῦ ἰοῦ
iou iou
Translated by Catharine Roth29 May 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
When i)ou= expresses joy, it has a circumflex accent.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἰοῦ, ἰοῦ· τὸ ἰοῦ ἐπὶ χαρᾶς περισπᾶται.
Betacode
*)iou=, i)ou=: to\ i)ou= e)pi\ xara=s perispa=tai.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Peace 317, where the headword phrase occurs.
LSJ s.v.: the scholiast claims thati)ou\ i)ou/ expresses woe,i)ou= i)ou= joy -- but no such rule is observed in manuscripts.
cf. iota 426.