αὔω
auo
cry out, shout, call aloud
Appears 43 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αὔω (B), fut. ἀΰσω Ion 1446: aor. ἤϋσα (v. infr.):—Α. cry out, shout, call aloud, freq. in , αὖε δʼ Ἀθήνη Il. 20.48, cf. Dian. 56 sq.; κέκλετʼ ἀΰσας Il. 4.508, cf. 6.66, etc.; μακρὸν ἄϋσε 5.101; ἤϋσε . . μέγα τε δεινόν τε ὄρθια 11.10; ἤϋσεν δὲ διαπρύσιον ib.275, etc.:—also in Trag., αὔειν λακάζειν Th. 186; μηδὲν μέγʼ ἀΰσῃς El. 830 (lyr.); δεινὸν δʼ ἀΰσας OT 1260: c. acc. cogn., utter, στεναγμὸν . . ἀΰσατʼ Supp. 800 (lyr.); τίνʼ αὐδὰν ἀΰσω; Ion 1446. 2. c. acc. pers., call upon, αὖε δʼ ἑταίρους Il. 11.461, 13.475, cf. Od. 9.65, 13.58. 3. rarely of things, ring, καρφαλέον δέ οἱ ἀσπὶς . . ἄϋσεν Il. 13.409 (v. sub αὖος 2); of the sea, roar, 2.566. [In pres. and impf. αὐ- is a diphthong; in fut. and aor. a disyll. ᾰῡσω, ἤῡσα.]
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