The corpus record

αἰάζω

aiazo

das Ächzen

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant

1. αἰάζω · aiazō — Frisk

αἰάζω “ächzen, jammern, klagen’ (Tragg. u.a.). Davon αἴαγμα ‘das Ächzen’, αἰακτός ‘zu bejammern’, αἰαστής eig. “der Jammerer’, N. der Pflanze ὑάκινϑος (Nik.). — Eig. ‘alfai) rufen’, von der Interjektion ai, die mit ähnlichen Bildungen in anderen Sprachen elementarverwandt ist. — [Frisk, s.v. αἰάζω, p. 60]

2. αἰάζω · aiazō — LSJ

cry, wail, bewail

cry αἰαῖ, wail, S. Aj. 904, etc., Luc. Salt. 45: c. acc. cogn., αὐδάν E. IT 227, cf. Timo 66 [840]: c. acc., bewail, A. Pers. 922, E. Or. 80, AP 7.476 (Mel.), etc.

2 groan

groan, ἐκπνεῖν καὶ αἰ. Arist. HA 536b22, cf. GA 788a22.

In the wild

αἰάζει · aiazei Aeschylus, Persians 922–923
αἰάζουςʼ · aiazousʼ Euripides, Ion *qera/pwn (DIORISIS sentence 770)
αἰαζόντων · aiazontōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 83)
αἰάζω · aiazō Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 35)
αἰάζουσιν · aiazousin Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 76)
αἰάζωμεν · aiazōmen Euripides, Trojan Women (DIORISIS sentence 70)

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Where it came from

Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἰάζω (scan p. 60; entry #174).

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