The corpus record

ἰᾰχ-έω

iacheo

cry, shout

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Where it lives

Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cry, shout

= ἰάχω, cry, shout, used by Trag. in lyr., E. Heracl. 752, El. 1150, Or. 826, 965, etc.: c. acc. cogn., ἰαχεῖν μέλος, αἴλινον, Id. Tr. 515, HF 349; [ἀοιδάν] Ar. Ra. 217; χρησμόν IG 7.4240b2.

2 bewail, thou wert proclaimed

rarely c. acc. obj., bewail, νέκυν ὀλόμενον E. Ph. 1295, cf. [1523]:—Pass., κᾷτʼ ἰαχήθης . . ἄδικος thou wert proclaimed . . , Id. Hel. 1147 (prob. for καὶ ἰαχὴ σή . .).

II sound

of things, sound, γαῖα σμερδαλέον ἰάχησεν h.Hom. 28.11; τρίποδες ἰαχεῦσι Call. Del. 146, cf. Orph. A. 997, etc.; ὀλολύγματα ἰαχεῖ E. Heracl. 783. [ᾰ in Ep.: ᾱ/ᾰ in Trag. (it is unnecessary to write ἰακχ- when α is long): ᾱ in IG l.c.: ϝῐ, cf. sq. [ἰαχή]]

In the wild

ἰαχεῖν · iachein Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 866–870
ἰάχησε · iachēse Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 742)
ἰαχεῖ · iachei Euripides, Helen 2 (DIORISIS sentence 977)
ἰαχήθης · iachēthēs Euripides, Helen 2 (DIORISIS sentence 754)
ἰαχεῖ · iachei Euripides, Heracles 348–351
ἰάχησε · iachēse Euripides, Orestes 1.825 (DIORISIS sentence 597)

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Where it came from

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