ἰώ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=an [[exclamation]], chiefly in dramatic poetry (lyr.); freq. repeated twice, rarely three times, as A.''Supp.''125; especially in invoking aid, <b class="b3">ἰ. μάκαρες, ἰ. θεοί</b>, Id.''Th.''96, S.''Ph.''736;<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἰ. ἰ. Παιάν Id.''Tr.''222; ἰ. Βάκχαι E.''Ba.''578.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. also of grief or suffering, oh! ἰ. δύστανος S. ''Ant.''850; ἰ. μοί μοι Id.''OC''199, etc.; ἰ. κακοπάρθενε Μοῖρα ''AP''7.468 (Mel.); <b class="b3">ἰ. Σπάρτα</b> ib.434 (Diosc.): c. gen., ἰ., πάτερ, σοῦ τῶν τε.. τέκνων A.''Ag.''1305; ἰ. μοι πόνων E.''Ph.''1290; ἰ. ἰ. τραυμάτων [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]'' 1205.<br><span class="bld">3</span> rarely in Prose, <b class="b3">ἰ., φασί τινες</b>, of an objector, Gal.''Thras.'' 32.<br><span class="bld">II</span> with other Interj., ἰ. ὢ ὤ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''224; ἒ ἒ ἰ. Id.''El.''840. [ῐ: yet sometimes ῑ, in anap., A.''Ag.''1455, S.''El.''149, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''741.]