1. ἰωή · iōē — Frisk
ἰωή f. “Schall, Geschrei, Getöse, Gebrause’ (ep. seit 1].; ἰωά 8. Ph. 216, Iyr.). — Onomatopoetische Bildung, aus der Interjektion ἐώ erwachsen. Vgl. i7 mit inios (s.d.). — [Frisk, s.v. ἰωή, p. 779]
The corpus record
ἰωή
ioe
f
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Where it lives
- Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
- Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant
2. ἰωή · iōē — LSJ
any loud sound: shout, cry, sound, the roaring blast, clang
any loud sound: shout, or cry of men or women, περὶ φρένας ἤλυθʼ ἰωή Il. 10.139; ὦρτο δʼ ἰ. λεπταλέη ὀδυρομένων A.R. 3.708; ἰ. δενδρώδης (of Daphne) Nonn. D. 15.300; sound of the lyre, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθʼ ἰωὴ φόρμιγγος Od. 17.261; of the wind, ὑπὸ Ζεφύροιο ἰωῆς by the roaring blast of Zephyrus, Il. 4.276, cf. 11.308; of fire, πυρὸς δηΐοιο ἰωήν 16.127; of footsteps, ποδῶν αἰπεῖα ἰ. Hes. Th. 682; clang of arms, Coluth. 56.—Ep. word, once in Trag., βοᾷ τηλωπὸν ἰωάν S. Ph. 216 (lyr.).
In the wild
- ἰωὰ · iōa Aeschylus, Persians 1070–1071
- ἰωὰ · iōa Aeschylus, Persians 1072
- ἰωὴ · iōē Theogony 678–683
- ἰωή · iōē Iliad 10.139
- ἰωῆς · iōēs Iliad 11.308
- ἰωήν · iōēn Iliad 16.127
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Where it came from
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰωή (scan p. 779; entry #2668).