Ἰαχή

shout

Translated by Catharine Roth14 Nov 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 25 words

Translation

[Meaning] a shriek.
A cry, a sound, or a lament.1
From the [verb] i)a/xw ["I shout"]. This [verb comes] from i)/a, which means a voice.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰαχή· κραυγή. βοή, ἦχος, ἢ θρῆνος. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰάχω. τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ἴα, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν φωνήν.

Betacode
*)iaxh/: kraugh/. boh/, h)=xos, h)\ qrh=nos. a)po\ tou= i)a/xw. tou=to para\ to\ i)/a, o(\ shmai/nei th\n fwnh/n. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise in other lexica (see the references at Photius iota10 Theodoridis) and cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 4.456, where the headword occurs (web address 1). ↩
  2. 2For the poetic noun i)a/ "voice, cry," see iota 1, iota 219. ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Dec 2018
  1. tweaked note — Catharine Roth
  2. upgraded link — Catharine Roth
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

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