Aristotle Greek Lexicon βοάω

βοάω

boao

cry aloud, shout

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

βοάω, Ep. 3sg. βοάᾳ, 3pl. βοόωσιν, part. βοόων, Il. 14.394, 17.265, 15.687: Ion.impf. βοάασκε A.R. 2.588: fut. βοήσομαι Th. 7.48, etc.; Dor. βοάσομαι Ar. Nu. 1154 (lyr.); later βοήσω A.R. 3.792, AP 7.32 (Jul.), etc. (βοάσω E. Ion 1447 (lyr.) is aor. subj.): aor. ἐβόησα Il. 11.15, S. Tr. 772, etc.; Ep. βόησα Il. 23.847; Dor. βόασα B. 16.14; Ion. ἔβωσα Il. 12.337, Hdt. 1.146, Hippon. 1, Herod. 3.23; sts. in Com., Cratin. 396, Ar. Pax 1155: pf. βεβόηκα Philostr. VS 2.1.11:—Med., βοώμενος Ar. V. 1228 (perh. Pass.): Ep.aor. βοήσατο Q.S. 10.465, Ion. ἐβώσατο Theoc. 17.60; part. βοησάμενος Ant.Lib. 25.3:—Pass., Ion. aor. ἐβώσθην Hdt. 6.131: pf. βεβόημαι AP 7.138 (Aceratus), Ion. part. βεβωμένος Hdt. 3.39: plpf. ἐβεβόητο Paus. 6.11.3:—Α. cry aloud, shout, ὀξὺ βοήσας Il. 17.89; ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας Od. 6.294; πᾶσα γὰρ πόλις βοᾷ A. Ag. 1106 (lyr.); ὡς δράκων β. Id. Th. 381; β. γραμμάτων ἐν ξυλλαβαῖς ib.468; οἱ βοησόμενοι men ready to shout (in the ἐκκλησία), D. 13.20; ὁ δῆμος ἐβόησεν . . , of acclamations, POxy. 41.19 (iii/iv A. D.), cf. Charito 1.1, al., IG 12(9).906 (Chalcis, iii A. D.). 2. of things, roar, howl, as the wind and waves, οὔτε . . κῦμα τόσον βοάᾳ ποτὶ χέρσον Il. 14.394; resound, echo, ἀμφὶ δέ τʼ ἄκραι ἠϊόνες βοόωσιν 17.265; βοᾷ δὲ πόντιος κλύδων A. Pr. 431 (lyr.), etc.; βοᾷ δʼ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings, Id. Pers. 605; τὸ πρᾶγμα φανερόν ἐστιν, αὐτὸ γὰρ βοᾷ it proclaims itself, Ar. V. 921; φαίνεται αὐτὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα βοᾶν ὡς ἑλκόμενα Arist. Metaph. 1091a10. II. c. acc. pers., call to one, call on, Pi. P. 6.36, E. Med. 205 (lyr.), Hdt. 8.92, X. Cyr. 7.2.5, Herod. 4.41:— Med.βοησάμενοι δαίμονας Ant.Lib.l.c. 2. c. acc., call for, shout out for, S. Tr. 772; β. τὴν βοήθειαν Hell.Oxy. 10.2. 3. c. acc. cogn., β. βοάν Ar. Nu. 1153 (lyr.); β. μέλος, ἰωάν, S. Aj. 976, Ph. 216 (lyr.); β. λοιγόν A. Ch. 402 (lyr.); ἄλγος E. Tr. 1310(lyr.): c. dupl. acc., βοάσαθʼ ὑμέναιον ἀοιδαῖς ἰαχαῖς τε νύμφαν sound aloud the bridal hymn in honour of the bride, ib.335 (lyr.); ἔλεγον ἰήϊον ἐβόα κίθαρις E. Hyps. Fr. 3(1).iii 10. 4. noise abroad, celebrate, ἡ ῥάφανος ἣν ἐβοᾶτε Alex. 15.7; πρήγματα βεβωμένα ἀνὰ Ἰωνίην Hdt. 3.39; ἐβώσθησαν ἀνὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Id. 6.131; οἱ βοηθέντες ἐπὶ χρήμασι Lib. Or. 59.155; βεβοῆσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαραθῶνος, ἐκ τῶν ἀδικημάτων, Id. Decl. 11.18, 5.53. 5. c. inf., cry aloud or command in a loud voice to do a thing, S. OT 1287, E. Andr. 297 (lyr.); βοᾶν τινι ἄγειν X. An. 1.8.12; ἐβόων ἀλλήλοις μὴ θεῖν ib.19; also, cry aloud that . . , Epicrat.11.31(anap.); β. ὅτι . . X. An. 1.8.1, Antiph. 125.5. 6. Pass., to be filled with sound, πᾶσαν δὲ χρὴ γαῖαν βοᾶσθαι ὑμνῳδίαις E. Hel. 1434; to be deafened, Ar. V. 1228. (Cf. βοή.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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