ὀλολυγή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀλολῡ́ζω (ololū́zō, “to cry aloud”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.lo.lyː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /o.lo.lyˈʝi/ → /o.lo.liˈʝi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.lo.lyː.ɡɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.lo.lyˈɡe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.lo.lyˈʝi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.lo.lyˈʝi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.lo.liˈʝi/

Noun

ὀλολῡγή • (ololūgḗ) f (genitive ὀλολῡγῆς); first declension

1. any loud cry, especially of women invoking a god

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀλολῡγή; τῆς ὀλολῡγῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀλολῡγή hē ololūgḗ	τὼ ὀλολῡγᾱ́ tṑ ololūgā́	αἱ ὀλολῡγαί hai ololūgaí
Genitive	τῆς ὀλολῡγῆς tês ololūgês	τοῖν ὀλολῡγαῖν toîn ololūgaîn	τῶν ὀλολῡγῶν tôn ololūgôn
Dative	τῇ ὀλολῡγῇ têi ololūgêi	τοῖν ὀλολῡγαῖν toîn ololūgaîn	ταῖς ὀλολῡγαῖς taîs ololūgaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὀλολῡγήν tḕn ololūgḗn	τὼ ὀλολῡγᾱ́ tṑ ololūgā́	τᾱ̀ς ὀλολῡγᾱ́ς tā̀s ololūgā́s
Vocative	ὀλολῡγή ololūgḗ	ὀλολῡγᾱ́ ololūgā́	ὀλολῡγαί ololūgaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀλολῡγαῖος (ololūgaîos)

Further reading

• “ὀλολυγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀλολυγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὀλολυγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀλολυγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀλολυγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963