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|Definition=Dor. [[βοά]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[loud cry]], [[shout]], in Hom. mostly [[battle-cry]], [[βοὴν ἀγαθός]] = [[good]] at the [[war cry]] Il.2.408, al.; <b class="b3">βοᾶς δ' ἔτι μηδ' ὄνομ' εἴη</b> let there be not even the name [[of war]], Thcoc.16.97; later of prayer, Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα θυστάδος β. A.''Th.''269; <b class="b3">κακοφάτιδα β.</b> [[cry]] of mourning, Id.''Pers.''936 (lyr.); βοὴ καὶ [[οἶκτος]] And.1.48; κραυγὴ καὶ βοή D.54.9; also, [[song]] of [[joy]], ἴτω [[ξύναυλος]] βοὰ χαρᾷ E.''El.''879(lyr.), cf. Pi.''N.''3.67, Ar.''Ra.''212; of oracles, ἀείδουσα… βοὰς ἂς ἂν Ἀπόλλων κελαδήσῃ [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''92 (lyr.); [[shout]], [[murmur]] of a [[crowd]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''700c(pl.); θόρυβος καὶ β. Id.''Ti.''70e; of things, [[roar]] of the [[sea]], Od.24.48; [[sound]] of musical instruments, αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον Il.18.495, cf. Pi.''O.''3.8, ''P.''10.39 (pl.); β. σάλπιγγος A.''Th.''394; [[cry]] of birds, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''1021; θηρίων β. E.''Ba.'' 1085; <b class="b3">βοὴν θωΰσσειν, ἀϋτεῖν</b>, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''335, E.''Hec.''1092(lyr.); ἐφθέγξατο βοή τις Id.''IT''1386; βοάσομαι τὰν ὑπέρτονον βοάν Phryn.Com.46 (lyr.); βοὴν ἱστάναι Antiph.196.2; <b class="b3">ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα</b> as far as [[sound]] went, only in [[appearance]], Th.8.92, cf. X.''HG''2.4.31.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[βοήθεια]], [[aid called for]], [[succour]], A.''Supp.''730, ''Ag.''1349.[[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1057 (lyr.). (gu̯ou̯ā, cf. Skt. jō-guvē (intensive of gávatē) 'proclaim aloud'.)