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ἀλαλάζω

ἀλαλάζω, to raise the war-cry

ἀλᾰλ-άζω, fut. -άξομαι v.l. in E. Ba. 593, -άξω LXX Ez. 27.30: aor. ἠλάλαξα E. HF 981, X. (v. infr.), poet. ἀλάλαξα Pi. O. 7.37:—Med., S. Fr. 534, Arr. An. 5.10.3: (formed from the cry ἀλαλαί): —
  • raise the war-cry, τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ ἠλάλαξαν (as v.l. for ἠλέλιξαν) X. An. 5.2.14, cf. 6.5.27; Med., Arr. l.c.: c. acc. cogn., νίκην ἀλαλάζειν shout the shout of victory, S. Ant. 133.
      • 2 generally, cry, shout aloud, Pi. l.c., E. El. 855; esp. in orgiastic rites, A. Fr. 57; of Bacchus and Bacchae, E. Ba. 593 (in Med.), 1133, etc.; ὠλόλυξαν αἱ γυναῖκες, ἠλάλαξαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες Hld. 3.5.
      • 3 rarely of a cry of pain or grief, ἠλάλαζε δυσθνῄσκων φόνῳ E. El. 843, LXX Je. 4.8, al., Ev.Marc. 5.38, Plu. Luc. 28.
    • II rarely also of other sounds than the voice, sound loudly, ψαλμὸς δʼ ἀλαλάζει A. Fr. 57; κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον 1 Ep.Cor. 13.1.—Poet. word, used by X. and in late Prose.

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