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ὀλολυγή

ὀλολυγή, any loud cry

ὀλολῡγ-ή, ἡ, (ὀλολύζω)
  • any loud cry, esp. of women invoking a god, αἱ δʼ ὀλολυγῇ πᾶσαι Ἀθήνῃ χεῖρας ἀνέσχον Il. 6.301, cf. h.Ven. 19 (pl.), Ar. Lys. 240; δοκέει ἔμοιγε καὶ <ἡ> ὀ. ἐπὶ ἱροῖσι ἐνταῦθα πρῶτον γενέσθαι Hdt. 4.189; θεία μακάρων ὀ. Ar. Av. 222; κραυγῇ τε καὶ ὀ. χρωμένων, of the alarm given in the attack on Plataea, Th. 2.4.—Mostly in good sense, sts. even opp. to a wailing cry, ἀντίμολπον ἧκεν ὀλολυγῆς μέγαν κωκυτόν E. Med. 1176; σύν τʼ εὐαγορίᾳ σύν τʼ εὔγμασι σύν τʼ ὀλολυγαῖς Call. Lav.Pall. 139.

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