ὑλάω

hylao

bark, bay

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 16 3
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165
169
16162
Book 20 1
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2015

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑλάω [ῠ], A. = ὑλακτέω, used only by Poets and only in pres. and impf., bark, bay, of dogs, κύνες οὐχ ὑλάουσιν, ἀλλὰ περισσαίνουσι Od. 16.9; κύων . . ἄνδρʼ ἀγνοιήσασʼ ὑλάει 20.15; θεσπέσιον ὑλάοντες Theoc. 25.70:—Med., κύνες οὐχ ὑλάοντο Od. 16.162. 2. metaph. of a man, howl, ἣ μάτην ὑλῶ (so Herm. for ὑλακτῶ); S. Fr. 61 (lyr., dub.); of Cassandra, μάτην ὑλάουσα Tryph. 421. II. trans., bark or bay at, τινα Od. 16.5 (so perh.20.15, v. supr.).

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