ὀλολύζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.22.411</span>, etc. : fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ύξομαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>691</span>, later -ύξω <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>16.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Am.</span>8.3</span> : aor. <b class="b3">ὠλόλυξα</b>, Ep. <b class="b3">ὀ</b>. (v. infr.) :—[[cry with a loud voice]], in Hom. esp. of women <b class="b2">crying aloud</b> to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving, ὣς εἰποῦσ' ὀλόλυξε· θεὰ δέ οἱ ἔκλυεν ἀρῆς <span class="bibl">Od.4.767</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>445</span> ; <b class="b3">αἱ δ' ὀλόλυξαν</b>, at a sacrifice, <span class="bibl">Od.3.450</span> ; of a cry of exultation, ἴθυσέν ῥ' ὀλολύξαι <span class="bibl">22.408</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">411</span> ; also of the cries of goddesses, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>119</span> ; so later, mostly of women [[crying]] to the gods, ὀλολύξατε νῦν ἐπὶ μολπαῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>1043</span> (lyr.) ; ὠλόλυξεν ἐν μέσαις σταθεῖσα Βάκχαις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>689</span> ; mostly in sign of joy (cf. [[ὀλολυγή]]), ἢν μὲν ἔλθῃ πύστις εὐτυχὴς σέθεν, ὀλολύξεται πᾶν δῶμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>691</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1327</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 17.64</span> ; μὴ φλαῦρον μηδὲν γρύζειν, ἀλλ' ὀ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>97</span> ; ἐπὶ τῷ μηδένα πώποτε τηλικοῦτ' ὀλολύξαι σεμνυνόμενος <span class="bibl">D.18.259</span> ; ὠλόλυξαν μὲν αἱ γυναῖκες, ἠλάλαξαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Hld.3.5</span> ; of nymphs <b class="b2">crying aloud</b> to Hecate, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1218</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">to cry out loudly; to call, to shout with joy, to moan (to the gods)</b>, esp. of women (mostly poet.).<br />Other forms: (<b class="b3">-ύττω</b> Men.), aor. <b class="b3">ὀλολ-ύξαι</b> (Od.), fut. <b class="b3">-ύξομαι</b> (E.), <b class="b3">-ύξω</b> (LXX).<br />Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. <b class="b3">ἀν-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπ-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὀλολυγ-ή</b> f. (Z 301) with <b class="b3">-αία</b> f. surn. of the <b class="b3">νυκτερίς</b> (tomb-epigr.), <b class="b3">-μός</b> m. (A.), <b class="b3">-μα</b> (E.) <b class="b2">loud outcry (of joy)</b>, mostly of women, that invoke a God; <b class="b3">-ών</b>, <b class="b3">-όνος</b> f. <b class="b2">quacking of a frog etc.</b> (Arist., Ael., Plu.), also name of an unknown animal (bird), Lat. [[acredula]] (Eub., Theoc., Arat.), s. Harder Glotta 12, 137 ff., also Thompson Birds s.v.; <b class="b3">ὀλολύκ-τρια</b> f. <b class="b2">professional mourning woman</b> (Pergam. IIa), <b class="b3">-τόλης</b> m. [[crier]] (An. Ox.; cf. e.g. <b class="b3">σκωπτόλης</b>, <b class="b3">ὑλα-κτ-έω</b>). Backformations <b class="b3">ὄλολοι</b> m. pl. = <b class="b3">δεισι-δαίμονες</b> (Theopomp. Com., Men.), <b class="b3">ὄλολυς</b> m. after Phot. = <b class="b3">ὁ γυναικώδης καὶ κατάθεος καὶ βάκηλος</b> (Anaxandr., Men.).<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: Onomatopoetic reduplicated formation with the same ending as in <b class="b3">ἰύζω</b>, <b class="b3">βαΰζω</b> etc. (Schwyzer 716); on the reduplication Schw. 423, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 376. Similar, genetically or elementarily cognate, formations are Lat. [[ululāre]] [[howl]], [[ulula]] f. [[owl]], Skt. <b class="b2">ululí-</b> <b class="b2">loudly crying</b>, <b class="b2">úlūka-</b> m. [[owl]], Lith. [[ulula]] (<b class="b2">bañgos</b>) <b class="b2">(the waves) howl</b>, all with [[u]]; s. WP. 1, 194, W.-Hofmann s. [[ulula]] w. further forms. Besides <b class="b3">ὀλολύζω</b> with dissimilation <b class="b3">ο--υ</b> or ablauting to [[ἐλελεῦ]] (s. v.), cf. Pok. 306 a. 1105. Cf. also Theander Eranos 15, 98ff. with debatable or rejectable combinations (s. on <b class="b3">ἔλεγος</b> w. lit., also v. Windekens Le Pelasgique 63 a. 65); Deubner BerlAkAbh. 1941 : 1. -- Cf. [[ὀλοφύρομαι]].