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|Definition=Dor. βοά, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[loud cry]], [[shout]], in Hom. mostly [[battle-cry]], βοὴν ἀγαθός <span class="bibl">Il.2.408</span>, al.; <b class="b3">βοᾶς δ' ἔτι μηδ' ὄνομ' εἴη</b> let there be not even the name [[of war]], Thcoc.<span class="bibl">16.97</span>; later of prayer, Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα θυστάδος β. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>269</span>; <b class="b3">κακοφάτιδα β</b>. [[cry]] of mourning, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>936</span> (lyr.); β. καὶ οἶκτος <span class="bibl">And.1.48</span>; κραυγὴ καὶ β. <span class="bibl">D.54.9</span>; also, [[song]] of joy, ἴτω ξύναυλος βοὰ χαρᾷ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>879</span>(lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.67</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>212</span>; of oracles, ἀείδουσα… βοὰς ἂς ἂν Ἀπόλλων κελαδήσῃ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 92</span> (lyr.); [[shout]], [[murmur]] of a crowd, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>700c</span>(pl.); θόρυβος καὶ β. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>70e</span>; of things, [[roar]] of the sea, <span class="bibl">Od.24.48</span>; [[sound]] of musical instruments, αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον <span class="bibl">Il.18.495</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>3.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>10.39</span> (pl.); β. σάλπιγγος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>394</span>; [[cry]] of birds, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1021</span>; θηρίων β. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 1085</span>; <b class="b3">βοὴν θωΰσσειν, ἀϋτεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>335</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1092</span>(lyr.); ἐφθέγξατο βοή τις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IT</span>1386</span>; βοάσομαι τὰν ὑπέρτονον βοάν <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.46</span> (lyr.); βοὴν ἱστάναι <span class="bibl">Antiph.196.2</span>; <b class="b3">ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα</b> as far as [[sound]] went, only in appearance, <span class="bibl">Th.8.92</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[βοήθεια]], [[aid called for]], [[succour]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>730</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1349</span>.<span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1057</span> (lyr.). (<b class="b2">gu̯ou̯ā</b>, cf. Skt. [[jō-guvē]] (intensive of [[gávatē]]) 'proclaim aloud'.)</span>