Ὀλολυγή

cry, scream, yell

Translated by David Whitehead2 Dec 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] shout.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀλολυγή· ἡ βοή.

Betacode

*)ololugh/: h( boh/.

Notes

Especially, a cry of women invoking gods: cf. kappa 2009, omicron 191, omicron 193, omicron 194. See also omicron 187, omicron 192.
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.

Linked from2 entries

ο187Ὀλολύγιονfaint cry, short cry[no gloss]
ο191Ὀλολυζέτωlet [her] emit a lamenting cry[Meaning] let [her] mourn/wail. Properly in reference to women. Homer [writes]: "the [women] all held their hands up to Athena with a lamenting cry."

Neighbouring entries

ο184Ὁλοκαρπούμενονwhole-fruited ο185Ὁλοκαυτώματαholocausts, whole burnt-offerings ο186Ὀλολυγήcry, scream, yell ο187Ὀλολύγιονfaint cry, short cry ο188ὌλοιτοI have perished

Revision history4 revisions · last 19 May 2016

19 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
24 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
3 Dec 2009another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Dec 2009expanded note, added keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
2 Dec 2009Translated — David Whitehead