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λιγαίνω

ligaino

cry out with a loud, clear voice

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

λιγ-αίνω · lig-ainō — LSJ

cry out with a loud, clear voice, produce clear sounds on . . , play on, to be made

cry out with a loud, clear voice, of heralds, Il. 11.685; of mourners, A. Th. 874 (lyr.); of shepherds, Mosch. 3.81; also φόρμιγγι, σύριγγι λ., produce clear sounds on . . , play on . . , A.R. 1.740, AP 9.363.7 (Mel.): c. acc. cogn., μέλος λ. Bion 2.1, cf. Mosch. 3.120; [οὐκ] ᾤετο δεῖν τὸν ἐν δικαστηρίοις λόγον κωτίλλειν καὶ λιγαίνειν D.H. Dem. 44:—Med., Arat. 1007:—Pass., of a person, to be made λιγύς, Ὁμήρῳ ὑπὸ Καλλιόπης λιγαινομένῳ Max.Tyr. 3.8.

II sing of

trans., sing of, AP 9.197 (Marin.).

2 charm

charm, ὦτα φθεγξαμένη λ. Ph. 2.267, cf. Hsch. λιγαίνει· τέρπει.

In the wild

λιγαίνειν · ligainein Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 871–874
ἐλίγαινον · eligainon Iliad 11.685

Where it came from

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