ἰβύ
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English (LSJ)
A loudly, Phot.: hence aor. 1 inf. ἰβυκινῆσαι, shout, TeleclId.58 (ἰβυκηνίσαι EM464.44): but Subst. ἰβυκανητής, οῦ, ὁ,= βυκανητής, trumpeter, read by Suid. in Plb.2.29.6 (βυκανητῶν, βυκανιτῶν codd.). Ion. words, acc. to Hsch.: derived from the poet Ibycus, Suid.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: pcle
Meaning: interjection or adverb (H., Phot. from Telecl.).
Derivatives: ἰβύει τύπτει, βοᾳ̃ with postverbal ἰβύς εὑφημία, στιγμή H. - With velar suffix ἴβυξ ὀρνέου εἶδος, καὶ ἶβις (s. Thompson Birds s. v.), ἰβύκη εὑφημία, and ἰβυκτήρ, in H. singer of a march-song on Crete (cod. ἰβηκ-); also Ἴβυκος PN?, cf. Radermacher Glotta 16, 135f. - Through cross with βυκινίζω, βυκανίζω (Eust.; s. βυκάνη) arose ἰβυκινῆσαι ἐπευφημῆσαι, βοῆσαι H. (ἰβυκηνίσαι EM). Details in Kock on Telecl. 58. - With dental suffix ἰβυδῆνας τοὺς εὑφημοῦντας H., cf. the sound nouns in -δος, κέλαδος a. o.
Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]; LW [loanword] Anat.
Etymology: Onomatopoetic sound-word, acc. to H. Lydian (s.v. ἰβύ) or Ionic (s. ἰβυκινήσαντες), also as cry of surprise or the like. On th last use rests the gloss H. = τὸ πολὺ καὶ μέγα; how the meanings τύπτειν and στιγμή must be understood is unclear. - Cf. βύζω and ἰύζω.
