ὀλολύζω: Difference between revisions

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