ἰωή

ioe

any loud sound: shout

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 4 1
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4276
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10139
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11308
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16127
Odyssey 1
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Book 17 1
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17261

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἰωή, ἡ, A. any loud sound: shout, or cry of men or women, περὶ φρένας ἤλυθʼ ἰωή Il. 10.139; ὦρτο δʼ ἰ. λεπταλέη ὀδυρομένων A.R. 3.708; ἰ. δενδρώδης (of Daphne) Nonn. D. 15.300; sound of the lyre, περὶ δέ σφεας ἤλυθʼ ἰωὴ φόρμιγγος Od. 17.261; of the wind, ὑπὸ Ζεφύροιο ἰωῆς by the roaring blast of Zephyrus, Il. 4.276, cf. 11.308; of fire, πυρὸς δηΐοιο ἰωήν 16.127; of footsteps, ποδῶν αἰπεῖα ἰ. Hes. Th. 682; clang of arms, Coluth. 56.—Ep. word, once in Trag., βοᾷ τηλωπὸν ἰωάν S. Ph. 216 (lyr.).

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