κωκύω

κωκ-ύω [v. fin.], fut. -ύσω A. Ag. 1313, -ύσομαι Ar. Lys. 1222: aor. 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., λίγʼ ἐκώκῠε Il. 19.284, cf. Od. 4.259, etc.; ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα (opp. βαρὺ στενάχων, of the man) Il. 18.71; κώκῡσεν δὲ μάλα μέγα 22.407: also in late Prose, Plu. Isid. 2.357c, etc.; even of men, Luc. DMort. 4[21].1, Longus 2.21; and so Ar., as an execration, μακρὰ κωκύειν κελεύω σε Ra. 34; οἰμώζοι γʼ ἂν καὶ κωκύοι Ec. 648.
• • • 2 c. acc., lament or shriek over one dead, also prop. of women, κώκυσʼ ἐν λεχέεσσιν ἑὸν πόσιν Od. 24.295; ἐμὴν μοῖραν κ. A. 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 sts. before a vowel, κωκῡοι Ar. Ec. l.c., κωκῡουσα Bion 1.23, Q.S. 3.779, κωκῡεσκε ib. 460.]

κωκύω, heulen, schreien, wehklagen ; ἀμφʼ αὐτῷ χυμένη λίγʼ ἐκώκυε Il. 19.284, vgl. Od. 8.527 ; μάλα μέγα Il. 22.407 ; καὶ κλαίω Od. 19.541, öfter ; c. accus., beweinen, εἶμικ ἀν δόμοισι κωκύσουσʼ ἐμὴν Ἀγαμέμνονός τε μοῖραν Aesch. Ag. 1286 ; τοῦτον μήτε κτερίζειν μήτε κωκῦσαί τινα Soph. Ant. 204, vgl. 1288 ; Ar. μακρὰ κωκύσεσθε, Lys. 1222 ; Ran. 34 ; sp.D., ὀξὺ κωκύουσα Bion. 1.23 ; auch in späterer Prosa, Luc. D.Mort. 10.12, Tox. 15, Plut.
[Υ im praes. u. impf. bei Hom. kurz, wird erst Ar. Lys. 648 in κωκύοι, Alc. Mess. 19 (VII.412) in κωκύεται, Bion. 1.23 in κωκύουσα, und zuweilen bei Qu.Sm. lang ; vgl. Spitzner vers. her. p. 256.]

κωκύω

• • 1

    To cry out in grief or distress : κώκυσέν τʼ ἄρʼ ἔπειτα Il. 18.37. Cf. Il. 18.71, Il. 19.284, Il. 22.407, Il. 24.200, 703 : Od. 2.361, Od. 4.259, Od. 8.527, Od. 19.541.

  • 2

    To make lament for : ἑὸν πόσιν Od. 24.295.

κωκύω , aor. κώκῡσ(ε), part. κωκύσᾱσα: wail, always of womenʼs voices; sometimes trans., ‘bewail,’ τινά, Od. 24.295.

κωκύω

• • • 1to shriek, cry, wail, mostly of women, Hom.
    • 2to wail over one dead, Od., Aesch., Soph.