κωκύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[v. fin.], fut. -ύσω [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1313, -ύσομαι Ar.''Lys.'' 1222: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐκώκῡσα S.''Ant.''28; Ep. [[κώκυσα]] Il.18.37:—Med., ''AP''7.412 (Alc. Mess.):—[[shriek]], [[wail]], in Ep. and Trag. always of women, Il.18.37, Od.2.361, etc.; κλαῖον καὶ ἐκώκῠον 19.541: freq. with Adv., λίγ' ὲκώκῠε Il.19.284, cf. Od.4.259, etc.; <b class="b3">ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα</b> (opp. <b class="b3">βαρὺ στενάχων</b>, of the man) Il.18.71; κώκῡσεν δὲ μάλα μέγα 22.407: also in late Prose, Plu.2.357c, etc.; even of men, Luc.''DMort.''21.1, Longus 2.21; and so Ar., as an execration, μακρὰ κωκύειν κελεύω σε ''Ra.''34; οἰμώζοι γ' ἂν καὶ κωκύοι ''Ec.''648.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[lament]] or [[shriek over]] one dead, also prop. of women, κώκυσ' ἐν λεχέεσσιν ἑὸν πόσιν Od.24.295; ἐμὴν μοῖραν κ. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1313, cf. S.''Ant.''28, al.: Com., of men, κωκύσεσθε τὰς τρίχας μακρά Ar.''Lys.''1222: also in late Prose, as Porph.''Abst.''4.9, etc. (Cf. Skt. káuti 'cry' (intens. [[kokūyatē]]), Lith. kaũkli 'shriek', etc.) [ῠ in Hom. before a vowel, ῡ before a conson. (v. supr.): later ῡ sometimes before a vowel, κωκῡοι Ar.''Ec.''l.c., κωκῡουσα Bion 1.23, Q.S.3.779, κωκῡεσκε ib.460.]