εὐάν
έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά → Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless | Tell him yourself, poor brother, what it is you need! For abundance of words, bringing delight or being full of annoyance or pity, can sometimes lend a voice to those who are speechless.
English (LSJ)
[
A ᾱ] εὔἁν D.T.642.18, Hdn.Gr.1.503, 2.12), euhan, a cry of the Bacchanals, cf. εὐοῖ, E. Tr.326, Luc.Trag.38.—Acc. to Hsch., an Indian name for ivy, which was sacred to Bacchus.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὐάν: ᾱ, κραυγὴ τῶν βακχευόντων, ὡς τὰ εὖα, εὐοῖ, Εὐρ. Τρῳ. 326, Λουκ. Τραγ. 38. - Κατὰ τὸν Ἡσύχ., Ἰνδικὴ λέξις σημαίνουσα τὸν κισσόν, ὅστις ἦτο ἱερὸς τῷ Βάκχῳ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
interj.
évan (évoé), cri des Bacchantes.
Étymologie: cf. εὐαί.
