ὀλολυγή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ<b class="b3">, (ὀλολύζω)</b> any <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[loud cry]], esp. of women invoking a god, αἱ δ' ὀλολυγῇ πᾶσαι Ἀθήνῃ χεῖρας ἀνέσχον <span class="bibl">Il.6.301</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>19</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>240</span> ; δοκέει ἔμοιγε καὶ &lt;ἡ&gt; ὀ. ἐπὶ ἱροῖσι ἐνταῦθα πρῶτον γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.189</span> ; θεία μακάρων ὀ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>222</span> ; <b class="b3">κραυγῇ τε καὶ ὀ. χρωμένων</b>, of the alarm given in the attack on Plataea, <span class="bibl">Th.2.4</span>.—Mostly in good sense, sts. even opp. to a wailing cry, ἀντίμολπον ἧκεν ὀλολυγῆς μέγαν κωκυτόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 1176</span> ; σύν τ' εὐαγορίᾳ σύν τ' εὔγμασι σύν τ' ὀλολυγαῖς <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span> 139</span>.</span>