ὀλολύζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.22.411</span>, etc. : fut. <span class="sense"><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. [[ὠλόλυξα]], Ep. [[ὀ]]. (v. infr.) :—[[cry with a loud voice]], in Hom. esp. of women [[crying aloud]] 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 [[crying aloud]] to Hecate, <span class="bibl">A.R.3.1218</span>.</span>