κωκύω

English (LSJ)

[v. fin.], fut. -ύσω A.Ag.1313, -ύσομαι Ar.Lys. 1222: aor.

   A ἐκώκῡσα S.Ant.28; Ep. κώκυσα Il.18.37:—Med., AP7.412 (Alc. Mess.):—shriek, wail, in Ep. and Trag. always of women, Il.18.37, Od.2.361, etc.; κλαῖον καὶ ἐκώκῠον 19.541: freq. with Adv., λίγ' ὲκώκῠε Il.19.284, cf. Od.4.259, etc.; ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα (opp. βαρὺ στενάχων, of the man) Il.18.71; κώκῡσεν δὲ μάλα μέγα 22.407: also in late Prose, Plu.2.357c, etc.; even of men, Luc.DMort.21.1, Longus 2.21; and so Ar., as an execration, μακρὰ κωκύειν κελεύω σε Ra.34; οἰμώζοι γ' ἂν καὶ κωκύοι Ec.648.    2 c. acc., lament or shriek over one dead, also prop. of women, κώκυσ' ἐν λεχέεσσιν ἑὸν πόσιν Od.24.295; ἐμὴν μοῖραν κ. A.Ag.1313, cf. S.Ant.28, al.: Com., of men, κωκύσεσθε τὰς τρίχας μακρά Ar.Lys.1222: also in late Prose, as Porph.Abst.4.9, etc. (Cf. Skt. káuti 'cry' (intens. kokūyatē), Lith. kaũkli 'shriek', etc.) [ῠ in Hom. before a vowel, ῡ before a conson. (v. supr.): later ῡ sts. before a vowel, κωκῡοι Ar.Ec.l.c., κωκῡουσα Bion 1.23, Q.S.3.779, κωκῡεσκε ib.460.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 1541] heulen, schreien, wehklagen; ἀμφ' αὐτῷ χυμένη λίγ' ἐκώκυε Il. 19, 284, vgl. Od. 8, 527; μάλα μέγα Il. 22, 407; καὶ κλαίω Od. 19, 541, öfter; c. accus., beweinen, εἶμι κἀν δόμοισι κωκύσουσ' ἐμὴν Ἀγαμέμνονός τε μοῖραν Aesch. Ag. 1286; τοῦτον μήτε κτερίζειν μήτε κωκῦσαί τινα Soph. Ant. 204, vgl. 1288; Ar. μακρὰ κωκύσεσθε, Lys. 1222; Ran. 34; sp. D., ὀξὺ κωκύουσα Bion. 1, 23; auch in späterer Prosa, Luc. D. Mort. 10, 12 Tex. 15, Plut. – [Υ im praes. u. impf. bei Hom. kurz, wird erst Ar. Lys. 648 in κωκύοι, Alc. Hess. 19 (VII, 412) in κωκύεται, Bion. 1, 23 in κωκύουσα, und zuweilen bei Qu. Sm. lang; vgl. Spitzner vers. her. p. 256.]