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ἰυγή

iuge

Geschrei

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Where it lives

Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. ἰυγή · iygē — Frisk

ἰυγή. ἴυγμα, ἰυγμός "Geschrei’ 8. ἐύζξω. lvyE, ἴυγγος f. N. eincs Vogels, “Drehhals, Wendehals, Iynx torquilla’ (Arist., Ael.), der unter Zaubergesängen auf ein in Bewegung gesetztes Rad gebunden wurde, um eine verlorene Liebe wiederzugewinnen; daher “Zauberrad, Liebeszauber’ (Pi., Ar., X. usw.; vgl. Gow JournofHellStud. 54, Iff.; dazu Kretschmer Glotta 26, 63); auch (meist im Plur.) Ben. gewisser chaldischen … — [Frisk, s.v. ἰυγή, p. 776]

2. ἰυγή · iygē — LSJ

howling, shrieking, shout, hissing

= ἰυγμός, howling, shrieking, as of men in pain, Orac. ap. Hdt. 9.43, S. Ph. 752;= γυναικῶν οἰμωγαί AB 267; but also of the shout of heralds, Tim. Pers. 233; the hissing of snakes, Nic. Th. 400, Opp. H. 1.565. [ῑῡ- Orac. ap. Hdt. l.c., Nic.; ῐῡ- in S. l.c.]

In the wild

ἰυγήν · iygēn Herodotus, Histories 9.43.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9625)
ἰυγὴν · iygēn Sophocles, Philoctetes 751–752

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἰυγή (scan p. 487; entry #3453).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἰυγή (scan p. 776; entry #2656).

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