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ἀλᾰλ-άζω

alalazo

raise the war-cry

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Where it lives

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What it meant

ἀλᾰλ-άζω · alal-azō — LSJ

raise the war-cry, shout the shout of

raise the war-cry, τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ ἠλάλαξαν (as v.l. for ἠλέλιξαν) X. An. 5.2.14, cf. 6.5.27; Med., Arr. l.c.: c. acc. cogn., νίκην ἀλαλάζειν shout the shout of victory, S. Ant. 133.

2 cry, shout aloud

generally, cry, shout aloud, Pi. l.c., E. El. 855; esp. in orgiastic rites, A. Fr. 57; of Bacchus and Bacchae, E. Ba. 593 (in Med.), 1133, etc.; ὠλόλυξαν αἱ γυναῖκες, ἠλάλαξαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες Hld. 3.5.

3

rarely of a cry of pain or grief, ἠλάλαζε δυσθνῄσκων φόνῳ E. El. 843, LXX Je. 4.8, al., Ev.Marc. 5.38, Plu. Luc. 28.

II sound loudly

rarely also of other sounds than the voice, sound loudly, ψαλμὸς δʼ ἀλαλάζει A. Fr. 57; κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον 1 Ep.Cor. 13.1.—Poet. word, used by X. and in late Prose.

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