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ἰάχω

iacho

cry, shout

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Where it lives

  • Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
  • Iliad 31 · 2.78/10k
  • Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
  • Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Odyssey 6 · 0.69/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

cry, shout, shriek

cry, shout, ἰάχοντες ἐπεσσύμεθʼ Od. 4.454, etc.; of battle-shouts, Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγα ἴαχον Il. 17.317; σμερδαλέα ἰάχων 19.41, Od. 22.81; shriek in alarm or pain, πρὸς κόλπον . . τιθήνης ἐκλίνθη ἰάχων Il. 6.468, cf. 5.343, Od. 10.323; δμῳαὶ . . θυμὸν ἀκηχέμεναι μεγάλʼ ἴαχον Il. 18.29; γοηρὸν ἴαχεν Epigr.Gr. 790.7 (Dyme, iii B.C.): sts. of articulate speech, of a herald, E. El. 707 (lyr.); of the ship Argo, A.R. 4.581, 592, cf. AP 5.298.10 (Agath.).

2 ring, resound, roar, twang, hiss

of things, ring, resound, of an echo, περὶ δʼ ἴαχε πέτρη Od. 9.395, cf. Il. 21.10, Limen. 15; of waves, ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα στείρῃ . . μεγάλʼ ἴαχε Il. 1.482, Od. 2.428, cf. Il. 2.394; of fire, roar, 23.216; of a bowstring, twang, 4.125; of hot iron in water, hiss, Od. 9.392; of a struck shield, Hes. Sc. 232; also μέλαθρον ὑπὸ μολπᾶς ἴαχεν AP 7.194 (Mnasalc.).

3 sound forth, proclaim, sound, praises, were sounding, praises, wāˇĝh-, swāˇĝh-

c. acc. cogn., ἰ. μέλος sound forth a strain, Call. Cer. 40; ἄνδρες ἐπήρατον ἴαχον ὄρθιον Sapph. 44.32 L.-P.; [λογίων ὁδόν] τινι proclaim it to him, Ar. Eq. 1016: c. acc.pers., sound oneʼs praises, ἴαχον Ἀπόλλω were sounding his praises, Id. Av. 772; με Νεμέα ἴαχεν ἀθλοφόρον Epigr.Gr. 932 a.—Ep. only 3 sg. and pl. impf. and part.: pres. ἰάχει E. El. 707: pf. only in part. of the compd. ἀμφιαχυῖα (q. v.): ἰαχέω (q. v.) is commoner in Att. Poets. (ϝιϝάχω, cf. Od. 4.454, al.; when ϝ is observed ι i

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἰάχω (scan p. 622; entry #2665).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰάχω (scan p. 468; entry #3299).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰάχω (scan pp. 738-739; entry #2545).

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