ἰαχή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[cry]], [[shout]], both of victor and vanquished, <span class="bibl">Il.15.396</span>, etc.; [[wail]], [[shriek]], <span class="bibl">Od.11.43</span>; also, [[a joyous sound]], ἰαχὰ ὑμεναίων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>337</span> (lyr., pl.); κροτάλων τυπάνων τε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>14.3</span>; αὐλῶν <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>96; συρίγγων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span> 1039</span> (lyr.): in pl., generally, [[shouts of joy]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.779</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>149</span> (lyr.); but <b class="b3">πολύδακρυς ἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>940</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>142</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1302</span> (all lyr.). (<b class="b3">ϝι-</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.4.456</span>: a vowel is not elided before it in Ep. exc. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span> 14.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>708</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sc.</span>404</span>: Trag. only in lyr.; for the quantity cf. foreg.)</span>