The corpus record

ἰαχή

iache · ἡ

cry, shout

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Iliad 9 · 0.81/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cry, shout, wail, shriek, a joyous sound, shouts of joy

cry, shout, both of victor and vanquished, Il. 15.396, etc.; wail, shriek, Od. 11.43; also, a joyous sound, ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων Pi. P. 3.17, cf. E. Tr. 337 (lyr., pl.); κροτάλων τυπάνων τε h.Hom. 14.3; αὐλῶν Lyr.Adesp. 96; συρίγγων E. IA 1039 (lyr.): in pl., generally, shouts of joy, Thgn. 779, E. Ba. 149 (lyr.); but πολύδακρυς ἰ. A. Pers. 940, cf. E. El. 142, Ph. 1302 (all lyr.). (ϝι-, cf. Il. 4.456: a vowel is not elided before it in Ep. exc. in h.Hom. 14.3, Hes. Th. 708, Sc. 404: Trag. only in lyr.

In the wild

ἰαχάν · iachan Aeschylus, Persians 935–940
ἰαχαῖς · iachais Euripides, Bacchae 144–150
ἰαχάν · iachan Euripides, Electra 2.140 (DIORISIS sentence 56)
ἰαχᾶς · iachas Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 309)
ἰαχάν · iachan Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1 (DIORISIS sentence 655)
ἰαχᾷ · iachai Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 985)

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Where it came from

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