βοάω
boao
cry aloud, shout
Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βοάω, Ep. 3sg. βοάᾳ, 3pl. βοόωσιν, part. βοόων, Il. 14.394, 17.265, 15.687: Ion.impf. βοάασκε 2.588: fut. βοήσομαι 7.48, etc.; Dor. βοάσομαι Nu. 1154 (lyr.); later βοήσω 3.792, AP 7.32 (), etc. (βοάσω Ion 1447 (lyr.) is aor. subj.): aor. ἐβόησα Il. 11.15, Tr. 772, etc.; Ep. βόησα Il. 23.847; Dor. βόασα 16.14; Ion. ἔβωσα Il. 12.337, 1.146, 1, 3.23; sts. in Com., 396, Pax 1155: pf. βεβόηκα VS 2.1.11:—Med., βοώμενος V. 1228 (perh. Pass.): Ep.aor. βοήσατο 10.465, Ion. ἐβώσατο 17.60; part. βοησάμενος 25.3:—Pass., Ion. aor. ἐβώσθην 6.131: pf. βεβόημαι AP 7.138 (Aceratus), Ion. part. βεβωμένος 3.39: plpf. ἐβεβόητο 6.11.3:—Α. cry aloud, shout, ὀξὺ βοήσας Il. 17.89; ὅσσον τε γέγωνε βοήσας Od. 6.294; πᾶσα γὰρ πόλις βοᾷ Ag. 1106 (lyr.); ὡς δράκων β. Th. 381; β. γραμμάτων ἐν ξυλλαβαῖς ib.468; οἱ βοησόμενοι men ready to shout (in the ἐκκλησία), 13.20; ὁ δῆμος ἐβόησεν . . , of acclamations, POxy. 41.19 (iii/iv A. D.), cf. 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 Pr. 431 (lyr.), etc.; βοᾷ δʼ ἐν ὠσὶ κέλαδος rings, Pers. 605; τὸ πρᾶγμα φανερόν ἐστιν, αὐτὸ γὰρ βοᾷ it proclaims itself, V. 921; φαίνεται αὐτὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα βοᾶν ὡς ἑλκόμενα Metaph. 1091a10. II. c. acc. pers., call to one, call on, P. 6.36, Med. 205 (lyr.), 8.92, Cyr. 7.2.5, 4.41:— Med.βοησάμενοι δαίμονας Ant.Lib.l.c. 2. c. acc., call for, shout out for, Tr. 772; β. τὴν βοήθειαν Hell.Oxy. 10.2. 3. c. acc. cogn., β. βοάν Nu. 1153 (lyr.); β. μέλος, ἰωάν, Aj. 976, Ph. 216 (lyr.); β. λοιγόν Ch. 402 (lyr.); ἄλγος 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 Hyps. Fr. 3(1).iii 10. 4. noise abroad, celebrate, ἡ ῥάφανος ἣν ἐβοᾶτε 15.7; πρήγματα βεβωμένα ἀνὰ Ἰωνίην 3.39; ἐβώσθησαν ἀνὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα 6.131; οἱ βοηθέντες ἐπὶ χρήμασι Or. 59.155; βεβοῆσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Μαραθῶνος, ἐκ τῶν ἀδικημάτων, Decl. 11.18, 5.53. 5. c. inf., cry aloud or command in a loud voice to do a thing, OT 1287, Andr. 297 (lyr.); βοᾶν τινι ἄγειν An. 1.8.12; ἐβόων ἀλλήλοις μὴ θεῖν ib.19; also, cry aloud that . . , Epicrat.11.31(anap.); β. ὅτι . . An. 1.8.1, 125.5. 6. Pass., to be filled with sound, πᾶσαν δὲ χρὴ γαῖαν βοᾶσθαι ὑμνῳδίαις Hel. 1434; to be deafened, V. 1228. (Cf. βοή.)
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